Hyperplastic candidiasis in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia: case report

Oral candidiasis is the most common fungal infection and one of its rarest forms is hyperplasia. It usually occurs in individuals with generalized immunosuppression and vitamin deficiency. This paper reports a case of a male patient, 3 years old, diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia pre-B and undergoing chemotherapy for about a year. During the maintenance phase, he presented an exophytic, asymptomatic, pediculated, pale lesion, extending through the lingual dorsum. The chemotherapeutic treatment was interrupted to clarify the diagnosis after an incisional biopsy.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: 20190858 Source Type: research