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1/8. dyskeratosis congenita: report of a case.

    dyskeratosis congenita is a rare multisystem condition involving mainly the ectoderm. It is characterized by a triad of reticular skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and leukoplakia of mucous membranes. Oral and dental abnormalities may also be present. Complications are a predisposition to malignancy and bone marrow involvement with pancytopenia. The case of a 14-year-old girl is described who presented with several of the characteristic systemic features of this condition, together with the following oral features: hypodontia, diminutive maxillary lateral incisors, delayed dental eruption, crowding in the maxillary premolar region, short roots, poor oral hygiene, gingival inflammation and bleeding, alveolar bone loss, caries and a smooth atrophic tongue with leukoplakia. Although this condition is rare, dental surgeons should be aware of the dental abnormalities that exist and the risk of malignant transformation within the areas of leukoplakia.
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2/8. Case report on a rare lesion in an HIV-infected child: hairy leukoplakia.

    This report describes a case of hairy leukoplakia in an HIV-infected child, and the treatment adopted. It was diagnosed by clinical and laboratory examinations, using exfoliative cytology (staining by the Papanicolaou method) and additional information was obtained by optical microscope analysis. In view of the lack of painful symptoms, of the innocuous nature of the lesion and large amount of medicines used by the patient, we decided to preserve and monitor the lesion.
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3/8. Oral white sponge naevus: case report.

    The clinical appearances of white sponge naevus may mimic other oral white lesions, including premalignant leukoplakia but, unlike leukoplakia, white sponge naevus does not have malignant potential. This article presents a case of an irregular white lesion on the oral mucosa with findings suggestive of white sponge naevus.
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4/8. Secondary syphilis simulating oral hairy leukoplakia.

    We describe a case of secondary syphilis of the tongue in which the main clinical presentation of the disease was similar to oral hairy leukoplakia. In a man who was HIV seronegative, the first symptom was a dryness of the throat followed by a feeling of foreign body in the tongue. Lesions were painful without cutaneous manifestations of secondary syphilis. IgM-fluorescent treponemal antibody test and typical serologic parameters promptly led to the diagnosis of secondary syphilis. We initiated an appropriate antibiotic therapy using benzathine penicillin, which induced healing of the tongue lesions. The differential diagnosis of this lesion may include oral squamous carcinoma, leukoplakia, candidosis, lichen planus, and, especially, hairy oral leukoplakia. This case report emphasizes the importance of considering secondary syphilis in the differential diagnosis of hairy oral leukoplakia. Depending on the clinical picture, the possibility of syphilis should not be overlooked in the differential diagnosis of many diseases of the oral mucosa.
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5/8. psoriasis of the dorsal surface of the tongue.

    psoriasis is primarily an inherited inflammatory skin disease, it is characterized by erythemato-squamous lesions that usually involve elbows, knees and the scalp. oral manifestations are rare in psoriasis, infact, oral psoriasis involves 2% of psoriatic patients and usually it is observed with the onset of cutaneous lesions and progresses with them. Differential diagnosis should be done for Reiter's syndrome, leukoplakia and geographic tongue. The authors describe a case of tongue psoriasis without cutaneous lesions.
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6/8. Oral hairy leukoplakia in a child with AIDS.

    A case of a 9-year-old boy with AIDS and severe hairy leukoplakia on the tongue is reported. Clinically it appears as a bilateral whitish-grey, nonremovable lesion on the lateral margins of the tongue with characteristic vertical corrugations. The lesion failed to respond to topical and systemic antifungal treatment. In contrast, it completely disappeared after treatment with 600 mg acyclovir per day for 1 month. During the hairy leukoplakia development the CD4-lymphocytes count was 95/microL.
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7/8. Pseudo oral hairy leukoplakia in a renal allograft recipient.

    Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is a disorder of the tongue associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). OHL is seen mainly in HIV infection but is also rarely seen in the course of iatrogenic immunosuppression, especially in kidney transplantation; OHL is even more rarely seen in immunocompetent hosts. Lesions that clinically and histologically mimicked OHL but were not associated with EBV were recently characterized as pseudo hairy leukoplakia. We present such a case that occurred in a renal allograft recipient; light and electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and in situ hybridization were used to examine the patient for the presence of EBV and human papillomavirus. Two independent treatments with topical retinoid and oral amoxicillin resulted in complete remission. Pseudo hairy leukoplakia may correspond, at least in some cases, to the conditions known as leukoedema and white sponge nevus; the distinction of these diseases from OHL is of importance because OHL is a hallmark of severe immunosuppression.
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8/8. Pseudotumour of the tongue caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 in an hiv-1 infected immunosuppressed patient.

    An hiv-1 infected immunosuppressed patient (CD4 cell counts: 382 cells/microL; viral load 94,000 copies/mL) with recurrent perianal herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections is described, showing an unusual exophytic tumour resembling a squamous cell carcinoma in the lateral part of the tongue. He also had persistent facial herpes infection, oral candidosis, oral hairy leukoplakia and lymphadenopathy. The presence of HSV-2 was detected by polymerase chain reaction both in smears and in a tissue biopsy taken from the involved tongue area. Treatment with brivudin, a new oral virustatic drug, led to rapid regression of the tumour.
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