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| Diagnosis: | HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION / GINGIVOSTOMATITIS | Category: | infections and infestations / vesiculobullous eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | gingiva / mouth | Age: | 38 years | ||
| Contributor: | Russ Corio, DDS | ||||
| Description: | eroded friable confluent red patches with overlying telangiectasias | ||||
| Comments: | This 38-year-old woman developed painful erosions on her gingivae. A viral culture was positive for Herpes simplex virus, and she improved rapidly with oral acyclovir. | ||||
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| Diagnosis: | HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION / GINGIVOSTOMATITIS | Category: | infections and infestations / mucous membrane disorders | ||
| Body Site: | face / mouth lip / chin | Age: | 3 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | clustered vesicles and crusts | ||||
| Comments: | A toddler developped fever, cervical adenopathy and painful clustered vesicles, crusts and erosions on the face, lips, gingivae, tongue and palate. An older sibling had an episode of recurrent cold sores shortly before his rash appeared. | ||||
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