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Abstract
Oral examinations of 103 consecutive patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) were performed. Of these patients, 74 (72%) were heterosexuals and 29 (28%)
were homosexual or bisexual men. Lesions that were identified on subsequent examination
were recorded separately. Oral candidiasis was the most common finding, occurring
in 94 patients. Other findings were herpes simplex ulceration (ten patients), exfoliative
cheilitis (nine patients), xerostomia (ten patients), “hairy” leukoplakia (seven patients),
and Kaposi's sarcoma (four patients). A patchy, depapillated tongue was seen in six
patients, and ulcers with uncertain cause were seen in three patients. Gingival bleeding,
perioral molluscum contagiosum, and brown hairy tongue each occurred in one patient.
In this study, “hairy” leukoplakia and Kaposi's sarcoma occurred exclusively in homosexual
and bisexual men with AIDS, and occurred significantly more frequently in this group
than in heterosexual patients with AIDS. There was no significant difference between
these groups in the frequency of occurrence of other findings.
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© 1987 The C. V. Mosby Company. Published by Elsevier Inc.
