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Herpetic gingivostomatitis in a 70-year-old man

1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 79; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1079-2104(05)80073-3

1528-395X

Laurie A. MacPhail, Deborah Greenspan,

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

We report a case of herpetic gingivostomatitis that was remarkable because it occurred in a 70-year-old man. The patient had multiple small ulcers throughout the mouth that were culture-positive for herpes simplex virus type 1 and responded rapidly to acyclovir. Whether this condition was a case of primary herpes or an unusual presentation of secondary disease was not resolved. Nevertheless the case serves as a reminder that age, although it may make a diagnosis seem implausible, does not alone exclude it. We report a case of herpetic gingivostomatitis that was remarkable because it occurred in a 70-year-old man. The patient had multiple small ulcers throughout the mouth that were culture-positive for herpes simplex virus type 1 and responded rapidly to acyclovir. Whether this condition was a case of primary herpes or an unusual presentation of secondary disease was not resolved. Nevertheless the case serves as a reminder that age, although it may make a diagnosis seem implausible, does not alone exclude it.