Catalog

Chronic multifocal oral candidosis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Chronic multifocal oral candidosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/469573147

A form of chronic oral candidosis seen typically in male smokers without other predisposing factors for Candida infection. It involves multiple oral sites with angular cheilitis, retrocommissural leukoplakia, median rhomboid glossitis and palatal lesions. Although it responds to appropriate antifungal therapy it frequently recurs.