Rare Etiology of Odynophagia in a Female Adolescent
Herpes esophagitis (HE) is a rare condition in immunocompetent adolescents. However, it commonly occurs as a primary infection in younger individuals. Herein, we report a 16-year-old female patient who had a history of fever for 5 days, odynophagia, and orolabial herpes infection for 7 days. Cluster...
Main Authors: | Anastasios Koutsoumourakis, Asterios Gagalis, Maria Fotoulaki, Maria Stafylidou |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2021-03-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Gastroenterology |
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Online Access: | http://prod.karger.com/Article/FullText/513801 |
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