title: Oral condyloma planus (hairy leukoplakia) among homosexual men: a clinicopathologic study of thirty-six cases.
abstract: Thirty-six cases of oral condyloma planus (hairy leukoplakia) occurring in homosexual men are reported. The average age is 36.6 years, with a range from 24 to 51 years, and the disorder exhibits a predilection for the fourth decade. More than 86% of the cases are localized to the tongue (72% lateral border, 14% ventral surface). Microscopically, surface candidiasis could be detected with periodic acid-Schiff staining in 88% of the instances. Parakeratosis with koilocytotic atypia was the characteristic histologic finding; however, comparison with twenty-five cases of leukoplakias exhibiting parakeratosis and twenty-five cases of candidiasis among heterosexual individuals disclosed that koilocytotic changes are not specific for condyloma planus. Follow-up data were obtained in thirty-two cases with a mean of 11 months. During this period six patients died or were hospitalized with a diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Eversole
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Freckleton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010241:Parakeratosis / Q000473:pathology; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*