Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6055655 | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Medication-induced ulcerative stomatitis can be a complication of immunosuppressive therapy in a post-transplant patient. A 54-year-old African-American female patient presented with significant, recalcitrant oral ulcers 5Â months after renal transplant as a result of mucosal toxicity and severe leucopenia caused by her immunosuppressive maintenance regimen of tacrolimus (US Pharmacopeia, Rockville, MD) and mycophenolate mofetil (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA). The patient was also prescribed fluconazole as an antifungal, which likely contributed to the patient's increase in tacrolimus blood levels. Altering the medication dosages ultimately reduced blood tacrolimus levels, allowing for resolution of her oral ulcers. This report indicates that medication-induced oral ulcerations are a potential sequela of post-transplant immunosuppressive therapy.
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Authors
Elizabeth DMD, Andrew Rockafellow, Ronit DDS, MD, Angela DDS, MPH, David DDS,