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Case Reports
. 2023 Winter;17(1):54-60.
doi: 10.34172/joddd.2023.37072. Epub 2023 Apr 3.

Oral lesions in patients with severe COVID-19 in the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico: Case series

Carlos Alberto Carrasco Rueda  1 , Ilan Vinitzky Brener  1
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Oral lesions in patients with severe COVID-19 in the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico: Case series

Carlos Alberto Carrasco Rueda et al. J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects. 2023 Winter.

Abstract

Oral manifestations in patients with COVID-19 have already been reported in the literature. Determining whether the oral manifestations in these cases are directly related to SARS-CoV-2 infection or not has been challenging for both clinicians and researchers, although at present it has not been possible to prove. There are several possible causes for the development of the oral lesions in patients with COVID-19, among them are, opportunistic infections, drug reactions, iatrogenic and those directly related to viral infection. The present work describes the main characteristics of 10 severe COVID-19 hospitalized patients with oral manifestations. By analyzing the characteristics of the reported patients, and what is published in the literature, we conclude that for this series of cases the manifestations are not directly related to SARS-CoV-2, however, it is a possibility that should be considered for all patients.

Keywords: COVID-19; Oral lesions; SARS-CoV-2; Severe.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest in this work.

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