EXTRAS
EXTRAS
Differential diagnoses:
- Oral malignancy (persists for >3 weeks)
- B12 deficiency (with peripheral neuropathy)
- Folate deficiency (alcohol misuse & anaemic symptoms)
- Iron deficiency (glossitis, angular stomatitis, spooning of nails, anaemic symptoms)
- Crohn’s disease (bloody diarrhoea, weight loss, possible joint symptoms)
- Coeliac disease (chronic diarrhoea, unexplained GI + anaemic symptoms, dermatitis herpetiformis)
- Behçet’s syndrome (with genital ulcers, uveitis)
- Reiter’s syndrome (reactive arthritis, uveitis, dactylitis).