Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Oral Viral conditions
- Herpes
- Double stranded DNA,
enveloped
- Herpes Simplex (1+2)
- HSV 2 = genital
- HSV 1 = oral
- Primary Herpetic gingivostomatitis
- Onset = <5yrs or 20s
- Clinical features
- Fever, malaise, poor appetite
- Bilateral cervical
lymphadenopathy
- Oral
- Gingivitis (boggy, swelling) esp. anteriorly
- Stomatitis
- Most common = lips
- Vesicles -> small, painful ulcers
- May be widespread
- Gingiva, palate, mucosa
- Management
- Soft diet, fluids
- Chx MW
- Acyclovir - oral,
200mg 5xday
- Paracetamol
- Reactivation
- Herpes labialis = most common
- = cold sore
- Lip lesion
- Unilateral
- Macule -> vesicle -> crusted scab/ulcer
- Severity < primary infection
- Burning, paraesthesia, pain in area
- Recurrent intra-oral
herpetic infection
- Crop of small ulcers
- Keratinised mucosa
- >10 in no.
- 1-2mm in size
- Diff. diagnosis = RAS
- Can occur after
palatal LA injection
- Management
- Acyclovir cream 5%, 4-6xday
- Acyclovir oral if
immunocompromised
- Varicella-Zoster (3)
- Chickenpox
- Onset = children
- Clinical features
- Itchy rash
- Papules -> vesicles -> pustules -> crusty erosions
- Begins on trunk ->
centrifugal distribution
- Oral ulcers
- Same as HSV
- Not on gingiva
- Fever, malaise
- Management
- Soft diet, fluids
- Chx MW
- Paracetamol
- Reactivation = shingles
- Onset = >50yrs
- Clinical features
- Tenderness & pain in
dermatome 2-4 days before rash
- Most common = thoracic
then trigeminal
- Trigeminal
- Confined to dermatome
- Can have post-herpetic neuralgia
- Ophthalmic div ->
sight-threatening
- Geniculate ganglion of CN 7
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Facial palsy
- Vesicles in ear
- Unilateral
- Vesicles -> scabs
- Management
- 1st choice = Valcyclovir
oral, 3g daily for 7 days
- Acyclovir oral, 800mg
5xday for 7 days
- Epstein-Barr (4)
- Infective mononucleosis = glandular fever
- Clinical features
- Sore throat
- Fever, malaise
- Lymphadenopathy
- Rashes
- Oral
- Petechiae on soft palate
- White exudate from
oedematous tonsils
- Diagnosis
- MONO test
- FBC
- Oral hairy leukoplakia
- Immunocompromised e.g. HIV
- White vertical corrugations
- Lateral border of tongue
- Bilateral
- Painless
- Not pre-malignant
- Cytomegalovirus (5)
- Primary infection
- Glandular fever symptoms
- Mono test = -ve
- Life-threatening in immunocompromised
- Oral aphthous-like ulcers
- Karposi's sarcoma (8)
- Epidemic type
- HIV
- Most aggressive
- Widespread skin & oral lesions
- Most assoc. with HHV-8
- Poor prognosis
- Oral lesions
- May be 1st sign &
lead to HIV diagnosis
- Early
- Red/purple spots
- Late
- Blue
- Nodulated, ulcerated
- Diff. diagnosis
- Haemangioma
- Doesn't blanch under pressure like haemangioma
- Purpura, pyogenic granuloma
- Most common site =
palate & gingiva
- Diagnosis
- Biopsy
- Immunohistochemistry
- Predominant infected cell = B lymphocytes
- Human Papilloma Virus
- Assoc. with cancer
- Most carcinogenic = HPV-16 & 18
- Oropharyngeal cancer
- Causes 70% of cervical cancer
- Papillomas
- Most assoc. HPV-6 & 11
- Benign
- Not pre-malingnant
- Oral clinical features
- Spiky exophytic growths or cauliflower-like
- Pedunculated
- Sites
- Most common = lip
- Palate
- Labial & buccal mucosa
- Gingiva
- White or Pink
- Management = surgical exicision
- If multiple -> may be
immunocompromised
- Condyloma acuminatum
- = genital warts
- Sessile
- Broad, cauliflower-like
- Sexually transmitted
- Cocksackie
- Hand, foot & mouth disease
- Cocksakie A
- Small epidemics in children
- Clinical features
- Rash on palms & soles
- Red papules -> vesicles
- Oral lesions similar to herpetic stomatitis
- No gingivitis
- Fever, malaise, poor appetite
- Herpangina
- Cocksakie A or B
- Uncommon
- Small children
- Clinical features
- Pharyngeal ulcers
- Fever, malaise, poor appetite
- Vomiting