Open AccessAn audit of ranulae occurring with the human immunodeficiency virus infecton
Author(s) -
FM Butt,
ML Chindia,
T Kenyanya,
LW Gathece,
F. Rana
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.64312
Subject(s) - lesion , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , virology , virus , pathology
Currently, published literature has increasingly projected the ranula as a lesion that may be closely associated with exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this report, we document 28 patients who presented with ranulae, among whom 19 were HIV infected. In some, this was the only lesion that was the sentinel sign of HIV infection. Most probably, this lesion could be considered as one of the clinical markers of this infection.