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Riga-Fede-Like Disease in an AIDS PatientHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, vscunha{at}yahoo.com
Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Riga-Fede disease is a benign and ulcerative process that occurs as a result of repetitive trauma of the oral mucosal surfaces by the teeth. The authors describe here a case of a 40-year-old man in rescue therapy for advanced AIDS with a 2-month history of an ulcerated area on the dorsal surface of his tongue, which was histopathologically consistent with Riga-Fede disease. This case report is unique because it is the first time that this lesion has been reported in an AIDS patient, and Riga-Fede disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of a tongue ulcer in these populations.
Key Words: oral ulcer • tongue lesion • AIDS • HIV References
This version was published on December
1, 2007 Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC), Vol. 6, No. 4,
273-274 (2007)
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