Ulcerative Uremic Stomatitis Associated with Untreated Chronic Renal Failure: Report of a Case

Abstract

Uremic stomatitis is a relatively uncommon intraoral complication of uremia, seen mostly in cases of end-stage or undiagnosed/untreated chronic renal failure. Severe uremia is rare, which explains why reports on uremic stomatitis are exceedingly rare. Two types are generally distinguishable; the most common type is the erythemoplaceous or nonulcerative type, and the second ulcerative type is more rarely seen. The objective of this article is to report an 83-year-old female patient with untreated chronic renal failure who developed the ulcerative type of uremic stomatitis as a complication of the sudden relapse of uremia. Based on the literature data, we will discuss the clinical and microscopic findings along with the pathogenesis of the disease.