It presents as a whitish lesion, of non-removablecorrugated surface, along the lateral borders of the tongue in about 10% of HIV infected patients.  Its diagnosis may be confirmed through a biopsy where the multiple hairlike projections can be appreciated, as well as certain characteristic bodies and hyperkeratois.  Candida spores may also be present.

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