Oral hairy leukoplakia in an HIV-seronegative heart transplant patient.

Abstract

While oral hairy leukoplakia has been observed predominantly in patients with HIV-infection at various stages, recent reports have shown that HL may also occur in patients immunosuppressed for other reasons. This report describes oral hairy leukoplakia in a heart transplant recipient with negative HIV serology. The histopathologic diagnosis of HL was confirmed by immunohistochemical detection of EBV-VCA in the surface epithelium of the lesion and by negative staining electron microscopy.

• Authors: A Schmidt-Westhausen, H R Gelderblom, P A Reichart
• Journal: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (J Oral Pathol Med) Vol. 19 Issue 4 Pg. 192-4 (Apr 1990) ISSN: 0904-2512 [Print] Denmark
• PMID: 2164104 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antigens, Viral

Topics

• Antigens, Viral
• Candidiasis, Oral (complications)
• Capsid
• HIV Seropositivity (complications)
• Heart Transplantation
• Herpesvirus 4, Human (immunology, isolation & purification)
• Humans
• Immunosuppression Therapy (adverse effects)
• Leukoplakia, Oral (complications, etiology, microbiology)
• Male
• Middle Aged