Leukoplakia, Hairy: Irregular white patches on the tongue or inside the mouth that tend to occur mainly in HIV patients but may also occur in immunocompromised patients. The white patches appear hairy or corrugated due to protrusions on the surface. The lesions may be mistaken for oral thrush but can be differentiated by the fact that oral thrush lesions can be moves or scraped off whereas hair leukoplakia lesions can't. The pathogen is believed to be the Epstein-Barr virus. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Leukoplakia, Hairy is available below.
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