Oral mucosa lesions in confirmed and non-vaccinated cases for COVID-19: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: This systematic review purposed to investigate reports of oral lesions in confirmed COVID-19 patients summarizing clinical characteristics, histological findings, treatment and correlation of oral lesions and COVID-19 severity. Electronic search was conducted on November 2021 using seven databases to identify case reports/series describing lesions in oral mucosa in COVID-19 confirmed cases. A total of 5,179 studies were found, being 39 eligible from 19 countries, totalling 116 cases. It was observed only COVID-19 non-vaccinated cases and no sex or age predilection. The oral lesions presentation was mostly single location (69.8%), commonly in the tongue, lips, and palate, being ulcer the main clinical presentation. According to severity index for COVID-19, the reports were more frequent in

SUBMITTER: Santana LADM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9085350 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature