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case_images: Intraoral picture showing the left retrocommissural area and buccal mucosa.
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case_images: Intraoral examination revealed erythematous patches on the right and left retrocommissural areas (Figure 1) extending 2 cms posteriorly into the buccal mucosa and 2 cms superiorly and inferiorly.
case_images: Intraoral picture showing the palate.
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case_images: Similar patch was present on the palate (Figure 2).
case_images: Angular cheilitis on the right and left commissures.
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case_images: A nonscrapable hyperkeratotic patch measuring 1 x 1 cm was also present on the dorsum of the tongue, and angular cheilitis was present bilaterally on the lip commissures (Figure 3).
case_images: Photomicrograph of the exfoliative smear (40x) showing candidal hyphae.
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case_images: An exfoliative smear was then prepared utilizing periodic acid schiff stain which revealed many epithelial cells with candida-like hyphae and spores confirming the diagnosis of candidiasis (Figure 4).