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Open AccessOral manifestations of infections due to varicella zoster virus
in otherwise healthy children
Oral manifestations of infections due to varicella zoster virus in otherwise healthy children
- Alexandros Kolokotronis1,*,
- Konstantinos Louloudiadis2
- Garyfalia Fotiou3
- Apostolos Matiais3
1Oral Medicine and Pathology, Dental School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology, Dental School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
3Private Dentist, Greece.
DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.25.2.p255673211764073 Vol.25,Issue 2,April 2001 pp.107-112
Published: 01 April 2001
Abstract
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella (or chickenpox) and establishes latency in nerve ganglia after the primary infection. The reactivation of virus later in life can cause mono- or polyneuropathy. The cranial nerves most commonly involved are five (herpes zoster or shingles), six, seven eight, nine and ten. In the present study we describe the oral lesions associated with VZV infections in normal children. In a 3 year period we examined 62 children, age 2 to 13 years old with diagnosed varicella and a 4 year old boy with herpes zoster at the 3rd branch of the trigeminal nerve.According to the clinical picture of varicella, the disease was defined as: (1) group A mild cases; (2) group B moderate cases; (3) group C severe. The manifestations of varicella were: mild varicella 19 children, moderate 26 children and severe 17 children. The results of the present study indicate that the prevalence of oral manifestations of varicella is related to the severity of the disease. In 17 severe cases, oral lesions were always present and the number was between 5 to 30. From 26 moderate cases, oral lesions were observed in 23 and the number was between 2 to 10. From 19 mild cases, oral lesions were present only in 6 cases and their number was 1 or 2. Often varicella’s oral lesions resemble manifestations of other entities, and this may cause differential diagnostics problems.
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Alexandros Kolokotronis,Konstantinos Louloudiadis,Garyfalia Fotiou,Apostolos Matiais. Oral manifestations of infections due to varicella zoster virus in otherwise healthy children. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2001. 25(2);107-112.
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