Ulcerative stomatitis, gingivitis, and skin lesions. An unusual case of primary herpes simplex infection.
A 2-year-old white girl had acute oral ulceration, gingivitis, pyrexia, cervical lymph node enlargement, and a generalized, initially macular and later purpuric rash. None of the common oral viral infections, with the exception of chickenpox, is usually associated with a rash. This presented a diagnostic dilemma that appears not previously to have been reported in the dental literature.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000473:pathology; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013283:Stomatitis, Herpetic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*