Herpetic geometric glossitis: acyclovir resistant case in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.

摘要: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in an immunocompromised host may be atypical location and morphology. Lesions are more extensive aggressive, slow healing or nonhealing extremely painful. Intraoral lesions ulcerative involve any intraoral, oropharyngeal, esophageal site. Herpetic geometric glossitis is a recently described form of lingual HSV infection patient. It was as ulcer on the dorsum tongue sensitive for acyclovir therapy. A patient presented with acute myelogenous leukemia that developed herpetic which resistant.