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Case Reports
. 1998 May;9(3):189-90.
doi: 10.1155/1998/569317.

Treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers in an HIV patient - An emerging use for pentoxifylline

K L Slayter  1 , T J Marrie
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Case Reports

Treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers in an HIV patient - An emerging use for pentoxifylline

K L Slayter et al. Can J Infect Dis. 1998 May.

Abstract
in English, French

Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection often suffer from persistent, painful ulcers that commonly occur on the soft palate, buccal mucosa, tonsillar area or tongue, which are referred to as aphthous ulcers. This paper reports the case in which pentoxifylline was successfully used to treat recurrent aphthous ulcers in an HIV patient.

Les patients infectés au virus de l’immunodéficience humaine (VIH) souffrent souvent d’ulcères persistants et douloureux qui affectent le palais mou, les muqueuses buccales et les amygdales ou la langue. On les appelle ulcères aphteux. Cet article fait état d’un cas où la pentoxifylline a été utilisée avec succès pour traiter les ulcères aphteux à répétition chez un patient infecté au VIH.

Keywords: Aphthous ulcers; HIV infection; Pentoxifylline.

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