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Case Reports
. 2022 Nov;80(11):1836-1840.
doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2022.07.147. Epub 2022 Aug 6.

Oral Manifestations of Monkeypox: A Report of 2 Cases

Scott M Peters  1 , Nicholas B Hill  2 , Steven Halepas  3
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Case Reports

Oral Manifestations of Monkeypox: A Report of 2 Cases

Scott M Peters et al. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2022 Nov.
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Figure 1
Painful tongue lesions of acute onset. A tissue swab of these lesions was positive for the monkeypox virus.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A and B) Pustular skin rash (marked by arrows), which manifested several days after the oral lesions.
Figure 3
Figure 3
A tan-gray ulcerated lesion of the anterior tongue. The patient reported that this lesion had been present for 3 days before his arrival at the emergency department.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Representative cutaneous lesions involving the neck (A, marked by arrows) and arm (B, marked by arrows). These lesions developed during the patient's hospital stay.
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