Shankargouda Patil, Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Jagadish Hosmani, Zafar Ali Khan, Zeeshan Heera Ahmed, Vidya Gurram Shankar, Kamran Habib Awan
A group of oral disorders or conditions, which may result from, or could be triggered by an abnormality in the normal immune response of an individual are known as oral immune-mediated disorders. Some of these disorders have malignant potential, while others are associated with malignancy. In this overview, we will discuss a few of the oral diseases (such as oral lichen planus, primary Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatitis herpetiformis, and linear immunoglobulin A bullous dermatosis, to name a few), which are caused due to irregularity in the immune system and are either associated with malignancy or capable of undergoing malignant transforming, thereby increasing the morbidity and mortality rate...
March 22, 2022: Disease-a-month: DM