Herpetic geometric glossitis: Acyclovir resistant case in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.
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Herpetic geometric glossitis: Acyclovir resistant case in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2010 Jan-Mar;53(1):133-4
Authors: Pereira CM, Souza CA, Correa ME
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in an immunocompromised host may be atypical in location and morphology. Lesions are more extensive and aggressive, slow healing or nonhealing and extremely painful. Intraoral lesions are ulcerative and may involve any intraoral, oropharyngeal, or esophageal site. Herpetic geometric glossitis is a recently described form of lingual HSV infection in an immunocompromised patient. It was described as ulcer on the dorsum of the tongue sensitive for acyclovir therapy. A patient is presented with acute myelogenous leukemia that developed herpetic geometric glossitis which was acyclovir resistant.
PMID: 20090244 [PubMed - in process]