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Oral hairy leukoplakia in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/99234668
Nicolatou O; Nikolatos G; Fisfis M; Belegrati M; Papadaki T; Oikonomaki E; Kalmantis T; Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry,; University of Athens, Greece.

Abstract: The first case of oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) in an HIV-negative 56-year-old patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is reported. A white plaque was observed while the patient was in complete remission which followed the chemotherapeutic scheme. The clinical and histopathologic findings were typical for OHL and the polymerase chain reaction method was positive for Epstein-Barr virus DNA. Underdiagnosis and underreporting of OHL in patients with a malignant haematological disease and the apparent different environmental factors to which these non-AIDS patients have been exposed, probably constitute some of the reasons for the very few OHL cases reported in these patients.
Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Case Report *Dental Care for Chronically Ill DNA, Viral/ANALYSIS Herpesvirus 4, Human/GENETICS Human HIV Seronegativity Immunosuppression/ADVERSE EFFECTS Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute/*COMPLICATIONS Leukoplakia, Hairy/*COMPLICATIONS/ETIOLOGY/VIROLOGYKWDjournalarticlecasereportKWDdentalcareforchronicallyilldna,viral/analysisherpesvirus4,human/geneticshumanhivseronegativityimmunosuppression/adverseeffectsleukemia,lymphocytic,acute/KWDcomplicationsleukoplakia,hairy/KWDcomplications/etiology/virology
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