Candida albicans in median rhomboid glossitis. A postmortem study.
To investigate the possible rôle of Candida in median rhomboid glossitis, the presence of Candida was looked for both in the foramen cecum area and the lateral borders of 100 human cadaver tongues. Almost equal %s were found in both locations. Although extrapolation of findings from postmortem material to normal subjects is somewhat hazardous, the results seem to question the importance of Candida in the etiology of median rhomboid glossitis.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005928:Glossitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology