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. 2021 Jan;16(1):563-564.
doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Oral herpes zoster - Case report

Yun-Chen Tsai  1 , Yi-Pang Lee  1 , Ming-Jay Hwang  1   2 , Chun-Pin Chiang  1   2   3
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Oral herpes zoster - Case report

Yun-Chen Tsai et al. J Dent Sci. 2021 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Hard palate; Herpes zoster; Oral cavity.

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Figure 1
Clinical photographs of our case of oral herpes zoster in a 33-year-old male patient. (A) Initial intraoral photograph exhibiting multiple white opaque ulcerations with erythematous halos on the left half (mainly the posterior two-thirds) of the hard palate of the patient. (B) Intraoral photograph taken one week later showing partial healing of the multiple palatal ulcerations. (C) Intraoral photograph taken three weeks later showing complete healing of the multiple palatal ulcerations.
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