Oral hairy leukoplakia in an HIV-negative renal transplant patient.
A case of oral hairy leukoplakia presenting in an HIV-negative renal transplant recipient is described. The diagnosis was confirmed by identifying Epstein-Barr viral particles in the upper prickle cell layers of the epithelium by electron microscopy and by in situ DNA hybridisation.
Macleod
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Department of Oral Pathology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Dental School.
Long
L Q
LQ
Soames
J V
JV
Ward
M K
MK
D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
D004279:DNA, Viral