ArticleOral and maxillofacial surgery2018
Oral hairy leukoplakia in healthy immunocompetent patients: a small case series.
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- Oral hairy leukoplakia: The role of Epstein-Barr virus, the occurrence in immunocompetent patients, and the malignant transformation potential.Journal of dental sciences · 2025Review
- Oral Hairy Leukoplakia: A Rare Involvement in a Patient with Polycythemia Vera.International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research · 2025Article
- A rare case of hairy leukoplakia in a young immunocompetent patient.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2025Article
- Common white lesions of the oral cavity: Review of clinical presentations and management.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2025Review
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- The development of oral hairy leukoplakia during baricitinib therapy.JAAD case reports · 2024Article
- Viruses of the oral cavity: Prevalence, pathobiology and association with oral diseases.Reviews in medical virology · 2022Review
- Oral Hairy Leukoplakia in Immunocompetent Patients Revisited with Literature Review.Head and neck pathology · 2021Review
- Oral leukoplakia; a proposal for simplification and consistency of the clinical classification and terminology.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and usually presents in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and systemic immunosuppression. It is rarely seen in patients who are immunocompetent. It is clinically characterised as an asymptomatic, soft, white and corrugated lesion that cannot be scraped from the surface it adheres to.
methodsImmunocompetent patients with OHL attending Bristol Dental Hospital within the last 6 months were identified. EBV infection was demonstrated using EBV in situ hybridization. Clinical features and medical history were determined by reviewing medical records. CASE REPORT: Four cases of OHL in immunocompetent individuals were identified. All lesions were located on the lateral borders of the tongue. DISCUSSION: OHL should be considered as a differential diagnosis for white patches on the lateral borders of the tongue in apparently healthy immunocompetent patients, even when they do not have a typical corrugated appearance. OHL should no longer be regarded as pathognomonic for HIV infection or systemic immunosuppression.
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