Picciani BLS, Teixeira-Souza T, Curty &A, Izahias LMS, Pessoa TM, Carneiro S, Gonzaga HFS, Dias EP. Unraveling oral psoriasis and its relationship with geographic tongue: A literature review. World J Dermatol 2016; 5(2): 84-92 [DOI: 10.5314/wjd.v5.i2.84]
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Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani, PhD, Postgraduate Program in Pathology, School of Medicine, Fluminense Federal University, 9 Miguel de Frias, 7th floor, Rio de Janeiro 24220-900, Brazil. brunapicciani@yahoo.com.br
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World J Dermatol. May 2, 2016; 5(2): 84-92 Published online May 2, 2016. doi: 10.5314/wjd.v5.i2.84
Unraveling oral psoriasis and its relationship with geographic tongue: A literature review
Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani, Thays Teixeira-Souza, Áquila Almenara Curty, Lívia Maria Santos Izahias, Thiago Moreira Pessoa, Sueli Carneiro, Heron Fernando Sousa Gonzaga, Eliane Pedra Dias
Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani, Thays Teixeira-Souza, Áquila Almenara Curty, Lívia Maria Santos Izahias, Thiago Moreira Pessoa, Eliane Pedra Dias, Postgraduate Program in Pathology, School of Medicine, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro 24220-900, Brazil
Sueli Carneiro, Sector of Dermatology, Medical Clinic Department, Federal of Rio de Janeiro University, Rio de Janeiro 21941-901, Brazil
Heron Fernando Sousa Gonzaga, Department of Dermatology, Medical School, UNIMAR, Marília, São Paulo 01036-000, Brazil
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to this paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest. No financial support.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani, PhD, Postgraduate Program in Pathology, School of Medicine, Fluminense Federal University, 9 Miguel de Frias, 7th floor, Rio de Janeiro 24220-900, Brazil. brunapicciani@yahoo.com.br
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Received: September 30, 2015 Peer-review started: October 8, 2015 First decision: November 30, 2015 Revised: December 23, 2015 Accepted: February 14, 2016 Article in press: February 16, 2016 Published online: May 2, 2016 Processing time: 207 Days and 19.6 Hours
Abstract
Differentiating between oral psoriasis and geographic tongue is difficult and controversial because some patients with geographic tongue do not necessarily have psoriasis. Furthermore, the number of clinical studies, reporting histopathological and genetic evidence for the definitive diagnosis of oral psoriasis, is limited. The aim of this literature review was to obtain data for supporting the diagnosis of oral psoriasis with particular emphasis on the relationship between psoriasis and geographic tongue. Based on the current data, it can be concluded that geographic tongue is the most common oral lesion in psoriasis, and histopathological, immunohistochemical, and genetic similarities have been observed between the two diseases. This review also emphasizes the importance of conducting oral examinations in patients with psoriasis and skin examinations in patients with geographic tongue.
Core tip: The occurrence of oral lesions in psoriasis is rare; however, some authors consider geographic tongue as an oral manifestation of psoriasis. Furthermore, the number of clinical studies, providing histopathological and genetic evidence for the definitive diagnosis of oral psoriasis, is limited. The aim of this literature review was to investigate the current data on oral psoriasis with an emphasis on the relationship between psoriasis and geographic tongue.
