Tongue, Black Hairy, Candidiasis, Drug Reaction, Drug Reaction, Ciprofloxacin - DermAtlas

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Smitha Prabhu, MD, DVD

Diagnosis

tongue, black hairy candidiasis drug reaction drug reaction, ciprofloxacin

Body Site

tongue, dorsal surface tongue, dorsal surface

Age

50 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

black

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

midline

Comments

This 50-year-old male, non-smoker, non-alcoholic, treated for enteric fever with ciprofloxacin for 10 days, developed asymptomatic black discoloration of his tongue. A potassium hydroxide preparation of scale scraped from the tongue showed fungal elements consistent with with candidiasis.

Description

confluent black papules

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11/11/2004 23:13:04

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