The authors describe a case of pigmentation of the gums occurring after therapy with hydroxychloroquine. A twenty-eight-year-old woman with discoid lupus erythematosus was treated only with hydroxychloroquine. After seven months of this therapy, a diffuse bluish-gray pigmentation was apparent on the vestibular surface of the gums of both dental arches. No pigmented lesions were noticed on either the skin or the nails.
Pigmentation of the gums following hydroxychloroquine therapy / S. Veraldi, R. Schianchi-Veraldi, G. Scarabelli. - In: CUTIS. - ISSN 0011-4162. - 49:4(1992 Apr), pp. 281-282.
Pigmentation of the gums following hydroxychloroquine therapy
S. VeraldiPrimo
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1992
Abstract
The authors describe a case of pigmentation of the gums occurring after therapy with hydroxychloroquine. A twenty-eight-year-old woman with discoid lupus erythematosus was treated only with hydroxychloroquine. After seven months of this therapy, a diffuse bluish-gray pigmentation was apparent on the vestibular surface of the gums of both dental arches. No pigmented lesions were noticed on either the skin or the nails.
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