Treatment of candidal leukoplakia with fluconazole.
A case of candidal leukoplakia (chronic hyperplastic candidosis) treated with the systemic antifungal agent, fluconazole, is reported. Dramatic clinical and histopathological resolution of the condition occurred following 11 days of drug therapy.
Lamey
P J
PJ
Lewis
M A
MA
MacDonald
D G
DG
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D015725:Fluconazole; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D014230:Triazoles; D015725:Fluconazole