Oral candidiasis in patients with antineoplastic treatment

Authors

  • Gladys Aída Estrada Pereira Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Maricel Márquez Filiu Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Estomatología, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • José Manuel Díaz Fernández Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Odalis Sánchez Cuza Hospital General Docente "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Keywords:

oral candidiasis, antineoplastic therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, pathogen pseudohifa, levaduriform cell, secondary health care.

Abstract

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 40 patients with cancer who presented oral candidiasis due to the treatment with antineoplastic therapies, assisted in the estomatological department of the Specialties Polyclinic from "Saturnine Lora Torres" Teaching Provincial Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from February, 2013 to the same month of 2015, in order to evaluate the results of the clinical  and histopatological diagnosis of this disorder. The male sex, the age group 60 years and more; pain, ardour, as well as the oral dryness, simultaneously prevailed in the case material, as the most significant clinical symptoms and the affected ones who had received radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy.  The hard palate and the back of the  tongue were the places of higher prevalence. The erythematous candidiasis was the most usual clinical form and the pathogen pseudohifas, as well as the levaduriform cells, the most exclusive histopatological findings.  

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2015-09-11

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Estrada Pereira GA, Márquez Filiu M, Díaz Fernández JM, Sánchez Cuza O. Oral candidiasis in patients with antineoplastic treatment. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 11 [cited 2025 Jun. 3];19(9). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/430

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Vol. 19 No. 9 (2015): MEDISAN

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