title: 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.affiliation: Abteilung für zahnärztliche Chirurgie/Oralchirurgie, Nord, Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Westhausen
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gelderblom
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Reichart
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000150:complications; D002213:Capsid; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral