Unusual tongue fissure in primary HSV gingivostomatitis

Written by Gary on December 26th, 2008

A teenager presented with classic primary herpes simplex gingivostomatitis with herpetic ulceration on buccal mucosa of lips and inflamed gingivae.

However, an unusual appearance was an acute median fissure of a coated tongue.

HSV tongue

more details on HSV found on the wiki here.

 

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