Oral hairy leukoplakia is caused by ?: (A) CMV, (B) EBV, (C) Kaposi sarcoma, (D) Varicella zoster
Answer is B. Oral hairy leukoplakia is caused by EBV. EBV causes: - Infectious mononucleosis - Naso pharyngeal carcinoma - Burkitts lymphoma - Hodgkin's lymphoma / Non Hodgkin lymphoma - Tonsillar carcinoma - Oral hairy leukoplakia. (Refer to the image below) - Duncan syndrome. fig:- Oral hairy leukoplakia Other viruses in the options above are not associated with the Oral hairy leukoplakia.