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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2014 May;26(2):123–141. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2014.01.001

Table 3.

Clinical differential diagnoses for intraoral red patches and plaque

Localized reactive and infectious
disorders
Neoplastic/Others Systemic diseases
Erythematous (atrophic)
candidiasis
Hemangioma Atrophic lichen planus
Allergic (contact) mucositis Kaposi’s sarcoma-plaque
stage
Lupus erythematosus
Erythema migrans (migratory
glossitis)
Telangiectasia Mucous membrane pemphigoid
Purpura