What's the difference between aphtha and aphthae?

Aphtha


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
  • (n.) The disease, also called thrush.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is suggested that the results indicate the need for full haematological screening of all patients with recurrent aphthae.
  • (2) Topical IFN alpha 2C seems to be effective in the treatment of the aphthae in Behcet's syndrome.
  • (3) Oral aphtha appeared again on February 1988 followed by resistant fever to antibiotics and right hemiparesis.
  • (4) Viruses may possibly be associated with recurrent aphthae, Behçet's syndrome, and some dermatoses.
  • (5) Patients were examined for the presence of hairy leukoplakia, candidiasis, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, aphthae, atypical gingivitis, HIV-associated periodontitis, and necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, as well as other oral lesions, every 3 months for a maximum of four examinations over a 1-year period.
  • (6) A treatment guide for management of recurrent aphthae is presented.
  • (7) We present a 56-year-old patient with episodes of recurrent abdominal pain and constitutional syndrome, whose evolution was complicated by mucous ulcers in mouth, esophagus, anus and ileocecal valve, as well as occasional aphthae in scrotum.
  • (8) High fever, aphtha of the mouth, erythema of the lower extremities and genital ulcers were, however, frequently observed.
  • (9) Colonic or ileo-colonic lesions develop after several years of recurrent aphthae and are manifested by acute complications, such as perforation or massive haemorrhage, or by protracted haemorrhagic diarrhoea with progressive deterioration of the patient's general condition.
  • (10) Clinical examination of the aphthae was not helpful in identifying individual patients with a nutritional deficiency although patients with an associated glossitis or angular cheilitis were more likely to suffer from such deficiencies.
  • (11) The lesions resembled oral aphthae clinically, were recurrent and left a scar tissue like genital ulcers but were located extragenitally.
  • (12) We studied the clinical characteristics of 93 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS); 66 corresponded to minor aphthae (MiRAS), 20 to major aphthae (MaRAS), and 7 to herpes-like ulcerations (HU).
  • (13) He had had intermittent episodes of joint pains, erythema nodosum-like eruptions of the lower limbs, oral aphtha, and a fever lasting for three years.
  • (14) A cytopathogenic organism (classified as herpes virus hominis) could be cultivated from the aphtha sample from only one patient.
  • (15) The use of a disinfectant for mouth rinsing, the removal of foci as well as vitamin treatment are recommended for preventing recurrent aphthae.
  • (16) The inflammatory lesions in all cases were preanastomotic, in the neoterminal ileum, and showed time related progression from aphthae to larger ulcers and stricture.
  • (17) Among 240 patients with Behçet's disease seen in the Internal Medicine Department of the Ibnou Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, between January 1981 and April 1988, 44 were selected to study the effects of desensitization by autologous saliva on oral and genital aphthae and on articular manifestations.
  • (18) Aphthae were the commonest oral complication (4.3%) and fissures and fistula the more prevalent perianal ones (4.3% and 3.4%).
  • (19) Oral aphthae were recorded in 98% of the patients, genital ulcers in 55.1%, and skin lesions in 51%.
  • (20) A series of 330 patients with recurrent aphthae was screened for deficiencies of iron, folate and vitamin B12.

Aphthae


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is suggested that the results indicate the need for full haematological screening of all patients with recurrent aphthae.
  • (2) Topical IFN alpha 2C seems to be effective in the treatment of the aphthae in Behcet's syndrome.
  • (3) Oral aphtha appeared again on February 1988 followed by resistant fever to antibiotics and right hemiparesis.
  • (4) Viruses may possibly be associated with recurrent aphthae, Behçet's syndrome, and some dermatoses.
  • (5) Patients were examined for the presence of hairy leukoplakia, candidiasis, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, aphthae, atypical gingivitis, HIV-associated periodontitis, and necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, as well as other oral lesions, every 3 months for a maximum of four examinations over a 1-year period.
  • (6) A treatment guide for management of recurrent aphthae is presented.
  • (7) We present a 56-year-old patient with episodes of recurrent abdominal pain and constitutional syndrome, whose evolution was complicated by mucous ulcers in mouth, esophagus, anus and ileocecal valve, as well as occasional aphthae in scrotum.
  • (8) High fever, aphtha of the mouth, erythema of the lower extremities and genital ulcers were, however, frequently observed.
  • (9) Colonic or ileo-colonic lesions develop after several years of recurrent aphthae and are manifested by acute complications, such as perforation or massive haemorrhage, or by protracted haemorrhagic diarrhoea with progressive deterioration of the patient's general condition.
  • (10) Clinical examination of the aphthae was not helpful in identifying individual patients with a nutritional deficiency although patients with an associated glossitis or angular cheilitis were more likely to suffer from such deficiencies.
  • (11) The lesions resembled oral aphthae clinically, were recurrent and left a scar tissue like genital ulcers but were located extragenitally.
  • (12) We studied the clinical characteristics of 93 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS); 66 corresponded to minor aphthae (MiRAS), 20 to major aphthae (MaRAS), and 7 to herpes-like ulcerations (HU).
  • (13) He had had intermittent episodes of joint pains, erythema nodosum-like eruptions of the lower limbs, oral aphtha, and a fever lasting for three years.
  • (14) A cytopathogenic organism (classified as herpes virus hominis) could be cultivated from the aphtha sample from only one patient.
  • (15) The use of a disinfectant for mouth rinsing, the removal of foci as well as vitamin treatment are recommended for preventing recurrent aphthae.
  • (16) The inflammatory lesions in all cases were preanastomotic, in the neoterminal ileum, and showed time related progression from aphthae to larger ulcers and stricture.
  • (17) Among 240 patients with Behçet's disease seen in the Internal Medicine Department of the Ibnou Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, between January 1981 and April 1988, 44 were selected to study the effects of desensitization by autologous saliva on oral and genital aphthae and on articular manifestations.
  • (18) Aphthae were the commonest oral complication (4.3%) and fissures and fistula the more prevalent perianal ones (4.3% and 3.4%).
  • (19) Oral aphthae were recorded in 98% of the patients, genital ulcers in 55.1%, and skin lesions in 51%.
  • (20) A series of 330 patients with recurrent aphthae was screened for deficiencies of iron, folate and vitamin B12.

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