{"id":15132,"date":"2020-11-21T22:49:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T22:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/patologia-de-la-leucoplasia-pilosa-oral\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:26:05","slug":"oral-hairy-leukoplakia-pathology","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/en\/patologia-de-la-leucoplasia-pilosa-oral\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathology of Oral Hairy Leukoplakia"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"textBlock\">\n<p>La leucoplasia pilosa oral tiene su origen en la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"145\">infecci\u00f3n<\/span> por el virus de Epstein-Barr (VEB) de la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"189\">mucosa<\/span> oral. Se manifiesta con mayor frecuencia en el contexto de la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"127\">infecci\u00f3n por VIH<\/span>. Su aparici\u00f3n es menos com\u00fan en pacientes <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1699\">inmunosuprimidos<\/span>, especialmente despu\u00e9s de un <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1793\">trasplante<\/span> de \u00f3rganos, y es considerada una condici\u00f3n rara en individuos con sistemas inmunes competentes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"128\">Histolog\u00eda<\/span> y Caracter\u00edsticas de la Leucoplasia Pilosa Oral<\/h2>\n<p>Histopatol\u00f3gicamente, la mucosa afectada exhibe una leve <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2\">acantosis<\/span> papilar (Figura 1). Una caracter\u00edstica distintiva es la presencia notable de <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"610\">hiperqueratosis<\/span> y una marcada <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"218\">paraqueratosis<\/span> en la capa <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"847\">epitelial<\/span> superficial (figura 2). Adem\u00e1s, pueden observarse <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2101\">infecciones<\/span> superficiales por <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"935\">bacterias<\/span> o Candida sobre el <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"87\">epitelio<\/span> hiperqueratinizado. La acantosis se atribuye al edema de las c\u00e9lulas parecidas a <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"159\">c\u00e9lulas koiloc\u00edticas<\/span> (Figuras 1, 3). Los <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"729\">n\u00facleos<\/span> de estas c\u00e9lulas presentan un aspecto de vidrio esmerilado y <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1606\">homog\u00e9neo<\/span>, pudiendo contener <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1832\">inclusiones<\/span> intranucleares.<\/p>\n<section class=\"textBlock imageLinkBlockTitle\">\n<h3 class=\"colour--primary\">Patolog\u00eda de la Leucoplasia Pilosa Oral<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"imageLinkBlock\">\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hairy-leukoplakia-figure-1__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsIngiLDFd.jpg\" alt=\"Microfotograf\u00eda mostrando las caracter\u00edsticas histopatol\u00f3gicas de la leucoplasia pilosa oral (Figura 1).\">\n                <\/div><figcaption class=\"p-small\">Figura 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hairy-leukoplakia-figure-2__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsIngiLDFd.jpg\" alt=\"Microfotograf\u00eda destacando la hiperqueratosis y paraqueratosis en la leucoplasia pilosa oral (Figura 2).\">\n                <\/div><figcaption class=\"p-small\">Figura 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hairy-leukoplakia-figure-3__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsIngiLDFd.jpg\" alt=\"Detalle de las c\u00e9lulas con n\u00facleos homog\u00e9neos en la leucoplasia pilosa oral (Figura 3, similar a Figura 1).\">\n                <\/div><figcaption class=\"p-small\">Figura 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clearfix imageLinkBlock\"><\/div>\n<h2>Estudios Especiales para el Diagn\u00f3stico de Leucoplasia Vellosa Oral<\/h2>\n<p>El diagn\u00f3stico definitivo de la leucoplasia vellosa oral exige la demostraci\u00f3n del <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1296\">ADN<\/span>, <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"788\">ARN<\/span> o la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2224\">prote\u00edna<\/span> del VEB dentro de las c\u00e9lulas epiteliales de la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"164\">lesi\u00f3n<\/span>. Generalmente, se emplea la hibridaci\u00f3n in situ para el VEB como m\u00e9todo de confirmaci\u00f3n diagn\u00f3stica.<\/p>\n<div id=\"square-placement-country-holder\" class=\"country-dependent advert\">\n<div class=\"box-placement square-placement\">\n<div class=\"advert__frame\">\n                <!-- \/340621630\/dermnet_mobile_afterfirstsection_300x250 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\" id=\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\" class=\"[ js-hideable ]\"><\/div>\n<p>                <script>\n                    if (ads_screenwidth < 780 ) {\n                        var inline = document.createElement(\"div\");\n                        var ad = document.createElement(\"div\");\n\n                        ad.id = 'div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8';\n                        ad.style.height=\"250px\";\n                        ad.style.width=\"300px;\";\n\n                        inline.appendChild(ad);\n                        inline.className = \"inline\";\n                        var placeholder = document.getElementById(\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\");\n                        placeholder.parentNode.replaceChild(inline, placeholder);\n                        (function () {\n                            googletag.cmd.push(function () {\n                                googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8');\n                            });\n                        })();\n                    }\n                <\/script>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"813\">Diagn\u00f3stico Diferencial<\/span> de la Leucoplasia Pilosa Oral<\/h2>\n<p>Para establecer un diagn\u00f3stico preciso de leucoplasia pilosa oral, es crucial diferenciarla de otras afecciones mucosas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Candidiasis Oral:<\/strong> La leucoplasia vellosa oral frecuentemente presenta colonizaci\u00f3n por Candida, lo cual puede enmascarar la verdadera <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"223\">patolog\u00eda<\/span> subyacente.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Virus del Papiloma Humano (VPH):<\/strong> Las c\u00e9lulas con morfolog\u00eda de coilocitos presentes en la leucoplasia pilosa pueden simular una infecci\u00f3n por VPH. 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Su aparici\u00f3n es menos com\u00fan en pacientes inmunosuprimidos, especialmente despu\u00e9s de un trasplante de \u00f3rganos, y es considerada una condici\u00f3n rara en [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15136,"parent":0,"template":"","glossary-cat":[],"class_list":["post-15132","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patolog\u00eda de la leucoplasia pilosa oral - Dermatly.com - El sitio de tu piel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/en\/oral-hairy-leukoplakia-pathology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patolog\u00eda de la leucoplasia pilosa oral\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La leucoplasia pilosa oral tiene su origen en la infecci\u00f3n por el virus de Epstein-Barr (VEB) de la mucosa oral. 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