Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2013
A 55-year-old patient complains of general weakness, spasmodic neuralgic pain in the right side of face, rash in the mouth and on the skin. Objectively: lip and chin skin is markedly hyperemic, there are numerous vesicles with clear exudate on the right. The right cheek mucosa is hyperemic, there is a string of erosions covered with fibrinous pellicle. What is the provisional diagnosis?
Answer options
- Aphthous fever
- Acute herpetic stomatitis
- Allergic stomatitis
- Herpes zoster
- Pemphigus vulgaris
Correct answer
Herpes zoster
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