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01-09-2011 | American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 65th Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Clinical Pathologic Conference Case 5: Agranulocytosis

Authors: Z. B. Kurago, A. R. Kerr, N. Narayana

Published in: Head and Neck Pathology | Issue 3/2011

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A 28-year-old thin male presented as an outpatient to the New York University Langone Medical Center complaining of a painful “blister” on his tongue of approximately 8 days duration, preceded by a fever. The pain caused difficulty speaking, but had no effect on swallowing, and the patient controlled the pain intermittently with ibuprofen. The patient did not recall recent trauma to the tongue. He was treated by his physician with levofloxacin, famciclovir, a sucralfate rinse, and a probiotic containing Saccharomyces boulardii lyo, and felt some improvement. The patient also reported a history of occasional small aphthous ulcers, which always resolved quickly. …

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Title: Clinical Pathologic Conference Case 5: Agranulocytosis
Authors: Z. B. Kurago
A. R. Kerr
N. Narayana
Publication date: 01-09-2011
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Head and Neck Pathology / Issue 3/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-0568
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-011-0295-6

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