Pyostomatitis vegetans

{{Short description|Medical condition}}

Pyostomatitis vegetans is an inflammatory stomatitis and most often seen in association with inflammatory bowel disease, namely ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.{{cite book |author1=James, William D. |author2=Berger, Timothy G. |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology |publisher=Saunders Elsevier |year=2006 |page=798 |isbn=978-0-7216-2921-6 |display-authors=etal}}{{cite book |author1=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |page=389 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }} Uncommonly, it may be one of the features of orofacial granulomatosis.{{cite journal|last=Leão|first=JC|author2=Hodgson, T |author3=Scully, C |author4= Porter, S |title=Review article: orofacial granulomatosis.|journal=Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics|date=Nov 15, 2004|volume=20|issue=10|pages=1019–27|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02205.x|pmid=15569103|doi-access=free}}