Question 23 · LDEK · Infections
What clinical features should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of herpetic gingivostomatitis and herpangina?
- A. type of lesion.
- B. presence of systemic symptoms.
- C. skin lesions.
- D. age of the patient.
- E. localization of lesions in the oral cavity.
Hint
Both are viral infections of children with vesicles and fever; consider where in the mouth each one appears.
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