Document 0227
 DOCN  M94A0227
 TI    Median rhomboid glossitis. An oral manifestation in patients infected
       with HIV.
 DT    9412
 AU    Kolokotronis A; Kioses V; Antoniades D; Mandraveli K; Doutsos I;
       Papanayotou P; School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of
       Thessaloniki,; Specific Infectious Diseases Unit, Greece.
 SO    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1994 Jul;78(1):36-40. Unique Identifier
       : AIDSLINE MED/94359689
 AB    A follow-up study included the oral examination of 39 persons known to
       be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. In addition to the
       other human immunodeficiency virus-associated oral lesions, lesions
       clinically similar to the smooth form of median rhomboid glossitis,
       which is now believed to be erythematous candidiasis located in the
       dorsum of the tongue, were found in seven patients (18%). Patients with
       median rhomboid glossitis were classified in different stages of the
       Centers for Disease Control 1986 classification system and showed an
       average of CD+4 cell counts 397.5/mm3. Also the presence or the absence
       of anti-p24 antibodies in the serum and stimulated whole saliva of the
       patients with median rhomboid glossitis did not correlate with the stage
       of the disease or with low levels of CD+4 cell counts as in other forms
       of oral candidiasis. Therefore our results suggest that median rhomboid
       glossitis should be included as a distinct form of oral candidiasis in
       the classification of the oral manifestations of infection with the
       human immunodeficiency virus.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*PATHOLOGY
       Candidiasis, Oral/*ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  CD4-CD8 Ratio  Female
       Glossitis/ETIOLOGY/*MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Human  Male  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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