title: Oral hairy leukoplakia-like lesions in an HIV-negative male: a case report.
abstract: Oral hairy leukoplakia is generally found only in HIV-seropositive individuals or in those who are at risk of developing this infection; its occurrence is accepted to be a reliable predictor for the development of AIDS in those patients who are not already suffering from this disease. This report describes an 18-year-old male who was proven to be HIV-seronegative, was not in any of the at-risk groups associated with this infection, but who had the typical features of oral hairy leukoplakia, clinically and histologically. In such individuals these lesions should be described as hairy leukoplakia-like lesions.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: McMillan
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: MacFadyen
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000473:pathology