Child, fever, drooling, adenopathy

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Child, fever, drooling, adenopathy

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Child, fever, drooling, adenopathy

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lucci
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10/17/06 - 09:16 PM

A child with fever , irritability & drooling. PE: there are numerous small ulcers on tongue + ant. Cervical Lymph node enlargement :

a. -Herpangina

b. -Herpes simplex stomatitis

c. Leucoplakia

How can we make the difference between herpangina and herpes simplex in this question?

krsna
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Posts: 211

10/17/06 - 09:35 PM

herpangina causes lesions in the posterior pharyngeal wall. herpes simplex causes lesions on the tongue, buccal mucosa etc...

lucci
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Topics: 35
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10/18/06 - 09:06 AM

Thank you; so here the answer should be HSV?

The answer given on a site (not sure of it) was a. Herpangina.

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