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. 2022 Sep 21;14(1):148-149.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_359_21. eCollection 2023 Jan-Feb.

Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis

Gopikrishnan Anjaneyan  1 , Prasanna Duraisamy  1 , Rema Pai  2
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Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis

Gopikrishnan Anjaneyan et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. .
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Figure 1
Multiple grouped tender white to yellow plaques and discrete vesicles on an erythematous base over the tongue and palate
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Figure 2
Tzanck smear showing multinucleate epidermal giant cell
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Figure 3
Complete resolution post treatment
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