JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Vol. 55 No. 7       2009

ISSN: 0021-5163      UBIC: 151-J

ABSTRACT

Although Candida species are normal oral flora, these microorganisms can cause opportunistic infections when the host's resistance is lowered, leading to oral candidiasis. We report a case of bilateral candidiasis with epithelial hyperplasia at the tongue margin, which was considered to be chronic hyperplastic candidosis according to the classiflcation of Lehner. The patient was a 59-year-old man who presented with bilateral tenderness of the tongue. The right-side lesion was 14 X 15 mm in size and peduncular. There were two lesions on the left. One was 14 X 9 mm in size and appeared to be a leukoplakia-like lesion. The adjacent tumor was 10 X 15 mm in size and peduncular. Ah lesions were extirpated and examined histopathologically. The histopathlogical diagnosis was chronic hyperplastic candidosis. Postoperative observation has revealed no recurrent. Keywords: candida, chronic hyperplastic candidiasis, pathogenicity.

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