Oral hairy leukoplakia is caused by ?
Oral hairy leukoplakia is caused by EBV. EBV causes: - Infectious mononucleosis - Naso pharyngeal carcinoma - Burkitts lymphoma - Hodgkin's lymphoma / Non Hodgkin lymphoma - Tonsillar carcinoma - Oral hairy leukoplakia. (Refer to the image below) - Duncan syndrome. fig:- Oral hairy leukoplakia Other viruses in the options above are not associated with the Oral hairy leukoplakia.
CMV
EBV
Kaposi sarcoma
Varicella zoster
Virology (General Propeies, DNA Viruses)