Concurrent onset of an eosinophilic ulcer of the oral mucosa with peripheral eosinophilia in a human T-cell leukemia virus type I carrier.

Authors :: Yamazaki H
Shirasugi Y
Kajiwara H
Sasaki M
Otsuru M
Aoki T
Ota Y
Kaneko A
Nakamura N
Source :: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology [Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol] 2012 Jul; Vol. 114 (1), pp. e43-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Feb 18.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: We present a case of a 46-year-old Japanese woman with an eosinophilic ulcer of the oral mucosa (EUOM), located in the buccal mucosa, who was found by various examinations to be a human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) carrier with peripheral eosinophilia. Her peripheral eosinophilia and EUOM promptly improved in response to oral corticosteroid therapy. EUOM has been described to be possibly associated with trauma, but its etiology has not been fully elucidated to date. In the present case, the presence of peripheral eosinophilia in addition to the EUOM indicated possible influence of certain immune system abnormalities associated with HTLV-1 infection.<br /> (Crown Copyright © 2012. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Carrier State
Diagnosis, Differential
Eosinophilia diagnosis
Eosinophilia therapy
Female
Humans
Male
Oral Ulcer diagnosis
Oral Ulcer therapy
Radiography, Panoramic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tooth Extraction
Eosinophilia virology
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 isolation & purification
Oral Ulcer virology

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