Cytomegalovirus ulceration in the tongue of an oncologic patient

Oncologic patients undergoing chemotherapy and during the immunosuppressive phase are more susceptible to the reactivation of viral infections from the family Herpesviridae. Oral ulcerations related to cytomegalovirus (CMV) are uncommon and rarely described in patients with solid tumors. A 65-year-old male patient under oncologic treatment because of a high-grade astrocytoma was admitted to our service complaining of pain on the right lateral border of the tongue with 5 weeks of evolution, without clinical improvement with topical corticosteroid use.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research