Diseases of the Oral Mucosa

Enno Schmidt obtained his medical degree at the University of Würzburg (Germany). He did his PhD in the Department of Biotechnology before doing residency at the Department of Dermatology at the University of Würzburg. After board exams in dermatology (in 2005) and allergology (in 2007) and his habilitation (in 2006), in 2008 he moved to the Department of Dermatology at the University of Lübeck (Germany) as senior clinical consultant. He was acting head of the Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine (2010-2013) and in 2014 became full professor at the University of Lübeck and joined the board of directors at the Lübeck Institute for Experimental Dermatology (LIED). Since 2016 he is Chair of Task Force Autoimmune Blistering Diseases of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and in 2017, he passed his board exam in dermatopathology. He is currently heading the routine autoimmune laboratory and the autoimmune outpatient clinic of the Department of Dermatology,Lübeck.His main research interests are in autoimmune bullous diseases focusing on translational aspects including diagnostics, pre-clinical animal models, and clinical studies.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Anatomy.- 3 Medical History and Clinical Examination.- 4 Normal Variations.- 5 Clinical scores.- 6 Histopathology of Oral Hyperplastic and Neoplastic Lesions.- 7 Genodermatoses with Oral Manifestations.- 8 Inherited Epidermolysis Bullosa.- 9 Dyskeratosis Congenita.- 10 Pachyonychia Congenita.- 11 Oral Lichen Planus.- 12 Recurrent Ahthous Stomatitis.- 13 Behcet disease.- 14 Chronic Ulcerative Stomatitis.- 15 Lichen sclerosus of the oral mucosa.- 16 Cheilitis granulomatosa and Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome.- 17 Autoimmune Blistering Diseases: An Introduction.- 18 Pemphigus Vulgaris.- 19 Paraneoplastic Pemphigus.- 20 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid.- 21 Bullous pemphigoid.- 22 Anti-p200 Pemphigoid.- 23 Linear IgA disease.- 24 Epidermolysis Bullos Acquisita.- 25 Lupus erythematosus.- 26 Systemic Sclerosis.- 27 ANCA-associated Vasculitis.- 28 Viral Infections.- 29 Bacterial Infections of the Oral Mucosa.- 30 Fungal infections.- 31 Benign Tumors and Hyperpigmentation.- 32 Leukoplakia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- 33 Oral submucous fibrosis.- 34 Melanoma of the Oral Cavity.- 35 Lymphoma, Hematological Neoplasia, and Metastases.- 36 Oral Mucositis Following Cancer Therapy.- 37 Erythema Multiforme.- 38 Epithelial Necrolysis.- 39 Contact Stomatitis.- 40 Oral Allergy Syndrome.- 41 Gingivitis and Peridontitis.- 42 Gingival overgrowth.- 43 Diseases of the tongue.- 44 Diseases of the Oral Mucosa in Infants, Children and Adolescence.- 45 Diseases of the Oral Mucosa in East Africa.- 46 Nutrition-related Disorders.- 47 Xerostomia.- 48 Miscellaneous Disorders with Oral Manifestations.