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Estomatite aftosa recorrente (úlceras orais episódicas)

Last reviewed: 8 Aug 2025
Last updated: 09 Aug 2022

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • úlceras orais
  • paciente afebril
  • ausência de ulceração genital ou ocular
  • sem história de imunodeficiência
  • ausência de palidez
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Risk factors

  • história familiar positiva
  • não fumante ou abandono do hábito de fumar
  • trauma
  • idade <30 anos
  • crianças alimentadas com leite de vaca
  • sexo feminino
  • altos níveis de estresse
  • intolerância alimentar
  • desequilíbrio hormonal
  • uso de creme dental contendo lauril sulfato de sódio
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Diagnostic tests

Tests to consider

  • Hemograma completo
  • ferritina sérica
  • folato sérico
  • vitamina B12 sérica
  • imunoglobulina A-transglutaminase tecidual (IgA-tTG) sérica
  • sorologia viral (por exemplo, HIV ou vírus Epstein-Barr)
  • velocidade de hemossedimentação e proteína C-reativa
  • biópsia
  • teste de fator antinuclear
  • teste sorológico para HIV
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

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Contributors

Authors

Jennifer Taylor, BDS, MFDS RCS, MBChB FDS (OM), PhD

Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine

Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

Glasgow

Scotland

UK

Disclosures

JT declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

We would like to gratefully acknowledge the late Professor Crispian Scully for his contribution to this topic.

Peer reviewers

James J. Sciubba, DMD, PhD

Consultant for Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine

The Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Center

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Baltimore

MD

Disclosures

JJS declares that he has no competing interests.

Pepe Shirlaw, BDS, FDS RCPS

Consultant in Oral Medicine

Guy’s Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

UK

Disclosures

PS declares that she has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

Scully C. Clinical practice. Aphthous ulceration. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jul 13;355(2):165-72. Abstract

Scully C, Gorsky M, Lozada-Nur F. The diagnosis and management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis: a consensus approach. J Am Dent Assoc. 2003 Feb;134(2):200-7. Abstract

Brocklehurst P, Tickle M, Glenny AM, et al. Systemic interventions for recurrent aphthous stomatitis (mouth ulcers). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;(9):CD005411.Full text  Abstract

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