Painful oral ulcers
Abstract
Figure 1 shows the photograph of the oral cavity of a 51-yearold male who complained of multiple painful oral ulcers for thepast two days. He has no past medical illnesses of significance.The following day, he returned to the practice complaining ofan excruciating pain over the left cheek and also expressedconcern over the development of a rash over the left upper lipregion which is slightly painful (Figure 2). He has no fever orother systemic complains. (copied from article)References
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