A case report of painful oral ulcerations associated with the use of alpha interferon in a patient with chronic hepatitis due to non-A non-B non-C virus.
The following case report is of a patient who received alpha interferon for non-A, non-B, non-C chronic hepatitis and developed severe painful oral ulcerations associated with inanition and weight loss. The association of painful oral ulcerations with interferon therapy has not been reported before.
Qaseem
T
T
Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Jafri
W
W
Abid
S
S
Hamid
S
S
Khan
H
H
D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000209:etiology*
D016898:Interferon-alpha