Úlcera de la boca (úlcera aftosa)

Las llagas ulcerosas (úlceras aftosas) son muy comunes. Típicamente, son úlceras superficiales con una base de color blanco o amarillo blancuzco rodeada por un borde rojizo. Esta úlcera aftosa está localizada delante y debajo de los dientes inferiores de un individuo con SIDA.Úlcera de la boca (úlcera aftosa)

Revision

Last reviewed 4/30/2012 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.

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