Short report - Herpes simplex lesion in the lip semimucosa in a COVID-19 patient.
Dárcio Kitakawa, Fabíola Oliveira, P. Neves de Castro, Laura Fontoura Castro Carvalho
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The present case report aims to make a discussion concerning oral manifestations in a patient with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. Female patient, 20 years old, nursing technician, showed severe sore throat and headache without presence of fever. She tested positive for COVID-19 RT-PCR test in 2 episodes. She also showed lesions in the median lower lip semimucosa and severe pruritus, with a clinical course of 14 days, in which we performed a clinical diagnosis of herpes simplex infection. We need to be precise in terms of clinical appearance and possible relation with the disease, as the clinicians have access to the patients.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Herpes simplex virusLesion2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineSimplexVirologyDermatologyPathologyMathematicsVirusDiseaseGeometryInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakParvovirus B19 Infection StudiesDermatological and COVID-19 studiesAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders