Oral Lesions in Pediatric Patients in North Mexico with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus as Underlying Disease

Abstract

Oral involvement in the pediatric age does not occur as an isolated event frequently involves a systemic disease being Leukemias -especially B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia B-cell ALL - and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus T1DM the most relevant Objective To find which oral manifestations are observed with greater more frequently in pediatric patients with B-cell ALL or T1DM and to relate these findings with their pathophysiology Methodology We formed three study groups with five patients each 1 children with T1DM 2 infants with B-cell ALL and 3 healthy children The age range was five to fifteen years Data were collected from 1 clinical examination 2 interrogation of parents or guardians and 3 review of the clinical record and 4 Blood count BC