MEDIAN RHOMBOID GLOSSITIS - CANDIDIASIS AND NOT A DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY
MEDIAN RHOMBOID GLOSSITIS - CANDIDIASIS AND NOT A DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1975.tb06513.x
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
10.3
通讯作者:
COOKE, BED
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作者:
COOKE, BED
Candida hyphae were found within the superficial layers of the parakeratotic epithelium in all biopsies from 10 patients presenting with midline lesions of the tongue which clinically presented as median rhomboid glossitis. There were varying degrees of a superimposed acute candidiasis, with a plaque of epithelial cells and chronic inflammatory cells invaded by C. albicans superimposed upon the parakeratotic epithelium. Test-tube like deep epithelial ridges, some of which branched, were also very striking features. The site of election suggested that the foramen caecum and perhaps the depression of the midline raphe of the tongue favour the localization of C. infection. From these sites it spreads laterally and is characterized by its chronicity. Antifungal therapy had shown very limited success in these patients. It is stated that no treatment is either necessary or effective in asymptomatic cases with a smooth, nodular or fissured surface devoid of papillae, but that in lesions with a fissured surface associated with persistent painful glossitis excision is indicated.