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Luca Borradori, MD; Tommaso Lombardi, MD, DMD; Jacky Samson, MD; Christophe Girardet, MD; Jean-Hilaire Saurat, MD; Anne Hügli, MD
From the University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

Arch Dermatol. 2001;137:269-272.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 61-year-old white woman was referred in April 1999 with a 6-week history of extremely painful and severe erosive stomatitis accompanied by asthenia, difficulty in eating, and weight loss. Her medical history was unremarkable except for taking atenolol and chlorthalidone for arterial hypertension and hormone replacement therapy. Results of clinical examination revealed fibrin-covered shallow coalescing ulcers on the buccal mucosa, lower labial mucosa, the anterior region of floor of the mouth, and the dorsum and undersurface of the tongue (Figure 1). The initial lesions appeared as red macules followed by erosions. The vermilion of the lips showed extensive erosions and crusting. She also had some isolated 2- to 5-mm erythematous blue maculopapular and slight hyperkeratotic lesions on the palms.

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