Question 211 · LDEK · Periodontal and oral mucosal diseases in children
Indicate the true statement concerning primary herpetic gingivostomatitis:
- A. characteristic eruptions are intraepithelial bladders of fairly large sizes, which can be located on the palatal arches or palate, after ruptures they leave erosions with an inflammatory edge.
- B. oral cavity lesions are pharyngitis, a unilateral swelling of the lymph nodes around the mandibular angle and an enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes, which are not very painful and flexible.
- C. most often occurs in young children, follicles on the affected mucosa rupture and leave erosions with a tendency to merge, gingivitis occurs, the tongue is covered with a gray coating with vesicles and erosions at the edges; duration of the illness is 10-14 days.
- D. on the reddened mucosa, punctate blue-white lesions are formed, surrounded by a halo of the reddened mucosa - so-called Koplik’s spots that are located on the mucous membrane of the cheeks behind the molars.
- E. mucosa of the entire oral cavity, especially the soft palate and palatal arches, is red, with the ulceration areas covered with a white-gray, thick, pseudomembranous coating, the tongue is usually coated.
Hint
Think of the classic picture in a toddler: many small vesicles that rupture and merge, acute gingivitis and a self-limiting course.
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