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STOMATITIS / CHEILOSIS |
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viral: |
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herpes simplex type I [usually recurrent; 'cold sore']coxsackie A (hand, foot and mouth disease)herpes zoster involving Vth nerve (unilateral)EBV [palatal petechiae typical; tonsillitis and pharyngitis usually present] |
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bacterial: |
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streptococcal Vincent's stomatitis [in malnourished with poor dentition]tuberculosis syphilis [1� causing chancre; 2� causing snail-track ulcer] |
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fungal: |
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candidiasis (esp. in immunosuppressed / antibiotic treatment) |
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non-infective: |
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recurrent aphthous ulceration vitamin deficiencies (niacin, folate, pyridoxine [B6], B12, riboflavin)iron deficiency ill-fitting dentures Crohn's disease Behcet's disease [+ painful genital ulcers + iritis]leukaemias and other blood dyscrasia Reiter's disease |
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