Vol.95 No.3 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 95 No. 3 March 2002
Three Cases of Recurrent Ulcer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx
Dai Takagi, Satoshi Fukuda and Yukio Inuyama
(Hokkaido University School of Medicine)
Shiroh Maguchi
(Sapporo Kosei Hospital)
Three patients with intractable recurrent oral ulcers were treated at our institute. The etiology of the recurrent oral ulcers is unknown, but local immunologic disorder is hypothesized, and there are 2 clinical subtypes; Becet disease suspected type, and non-specific ulcers.
The clinical etiology of recurrent oral ulcers may differ according to the primary region, but currently it is not possible to differentiate an intractable recurrent oral ulcer from Becet disease when oral ulcer occurs as the only symptom. Prednisolone was administered for 2 of our cases, and this was effective. Furthermore; when the ulcers recurred, they responded quickly to high dose prednisolone. Long-term follow up is necessary, because some recurrent oral ulcers may be early manifestations of Becet disease.
Key words : intractable recurrent oral ulcers, Becet disease, prednisolone