1Professor Medical Research Laboratory, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan Deemed to be University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Research Scholar Medical Research Laboratory, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan Deemed to be University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3Assistant Professor Medical Research Laboratory, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan Deemed to be University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
4Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, I.D.S., Siksha “O” Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, BBSR, Odisha, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. Santosh K. Swain, Professor, Department of ENT, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Email: santoshvoltaire@yahoo.co.in, Cell: 09556524887
Online published on 13 December, 2018.
Recurrent aphthous ulcer is a clinical condition characterized by painful ulcer with different size affecting the mucosa of oral cavity. Its etiology and pathogenesis is not clearly known and the diagnosis is based on the clinical picture. These lesions may be classified into minor, major and herpetiformis. The aphthous ulcers in the oral cavity affect speech and feeding, leading to poor quality of life. The aphthous ulcers in immunocompromised patients like AIDS cause severe type of ulceration. Here we are presenting a report of two patients (daughter and mother) in a family suffering from AIDS with major recurrent aphthous ulcers in the oral cavity.
Aphthous ulcer, HIV infections, Oral ulcer
