Mental nerve neuropathy as a result of primary herpes simplex virus infection in the oral cavity - A case report

Authors
Yura, Y Kusaka, J Yamakawa, R Bando, T Yoshida, H Sato, M
Citation
Y. Yura et al., Mental nerve neuropathy as a result of primary herpes simplex virus infection in the oral cavity - A case report, ORAL SURG O, 90(3), 2000, pp. 306-309
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry/Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDODONTICS
ISSN journal
10792104 → ACNP
Volume
90
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
306 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(200009)90:3<306:MNNAAR>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We describe a 25-year-old woman who had mental nerve neuropathy. The sympto m was attributed to herpes simplex virus infection, which appeared as herpe tic gingivostomatitis 4 days after the extraction of the lower third molar. This ease suggests that herpes simplex virus can infect the inferior alveo lar nerve through an extraction wound and can induce mental nerve neuropath y.