両側舌縁部に発症した慢性肥厚性口腔カンジダ症の1例

• Published in: 日本口腔外科学会雑誌 Vol. 55; no. 7; pp. 345 - 349
• Main Authors: 青木, 茂治, 岡本, 祐一, 櫻井, 賢, 二宮, 一智, 片桐, 正隆, 又賀, 泉
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: 社団法人 日本口腔外科学会 20.07.2009
• Subjects: カンジダ; 慢性肥厚性カンジダ症; 病原性
• ISSN: 0021-5163; 2186-1579
• DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.55.345

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 classification of Lehner. The patient was a 59-year-old man who presented with bilateral tenderness of the tongue. The right-side lesion was 14 ×15 mm in size and peduncular. There were two lesions on the left. One was 14 ×9 mm in size and appeared to be a leukoplakia-like lesion. The adjacent tumor was 10 ×15mm in size and peduncular. All lesions were extirpated and examined histopathologically. The histopathlogical diagnosis was chronic hyperplastic candidosis. Postoperative observation has revealed no recurrent.