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Plasma cell gingivitis due to cosmetics related iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (ipbc) allergy in a teenage female patient masking as desquamative gingivitis.
We present a case of PCG in a 13 year old female patient which clinically presented as generalized desquamative gingivitis involving the facial aspects of the attached and marginal gingiva that persisted despite substituting to a non flavored dentifrice and failure to elicit any suspected drug or food allergies. Dermatologic patch testing proved positive for Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate (IPBC), a water based preservative or biocide used in personal care products. Microscopically, there was an intense inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria composed predominantly of mature plasma cells. Immunohistochemistry and in situ...
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology - June 13, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research