A 57-year-old woman presented for evaluation of gingival “peeling” associated with pain and bleeding and white patches on the oral mucosa for seven years. She reports no new medications, foods, or oral hygiene products. She reports no involvement of other cutaneous or mucosal surfaces and no family history of oral lesions. The lesions cause pain and difficulty while brushing teeth.
She has a history of hypertension, hypothyroidism, type 2 diabetes, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and seasonal allergies. Her medications are valsartan hydrochlorothiazide, levothyroxine sodium, metformin, insulin, and loratadine. Intraoral examination shows generalized erythema and sloughing of the maxillary and mandibular gingiva, without evidence of dental plaque, calculus, or both, and white striae (Wickham striae) affecting the gingiva and mucosa (Image). Her physical examination is otherwise normal.…
