Barrett A P
Westmead Hospital Dental Clinical School, New South Wales, Australia.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1988 Sep;66(3):387-90. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(88)90251-4.
Orofacial mucocutaneous infections caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) may exhibit a distinct chronic indolent pattern of behavior in some immunosuppressed patients as opposed to the more familiar aggressive patterns. Three patients with chronic leukemia who illustrate this chronic indolent pattern are presented. These cases should alert the clinician to the variable clinical appearance that HSV may adopt in the immunosuppressed patient.