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...

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Main Authors: Anastasios Koutsoumourakis, Asterios Gagalis, Maria Fotoulaki, Maria Stafylidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://prod.karger.com/Article/FullText/513801

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