Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2017
A 57-year-old retired man complains of attacks of burning pain and rashes on the skin of his face and oral mucosa on the right. Anamnesis: a course of radiation therapy for treatment of the gastric disease, past case of chickenpox. Objectively: along the third branch of the trigeminal nerve the skin of the face presents with isolated erosions covered in fibrinous coating. There are multiple vesicles on the hyperemic and swollen oral mucosa. Rightsided lymphadenitis is observed. What diagnosis is the most likely?
Answer options
- Murrain
- Acute recurrent herpes
- Neuritis
- Neuralgia
- Herpes zoster
Correct answer
Herpes zoster
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