Ten female Sprague-Dawley rats were inoculated orally with a suspension of viable Candida albicans. Lesions were induced on the posterior midline dorsum of the tongue in seven of ten animals. The clinical and histologic appearance of these lesions was similar to human median rhomboid glossitis.
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