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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in an immunocompromised host may be atypical in location and morphology. We describe five immunocompromised patients in whom HSV type 1 infection presented as linear fissures on the dorsum of the tongue. The tongue fissures were extremely tender and had a striking geometric pattern: longitudinal, crossed, or branched. The central well-papillated portion of the tongue was characteristically involved, usually without accompanying lesions of HSV infection on the lips, palate, or lateral edges of the tongue. The fissures healed between 3 and 12 days after treatment with acyclovir was begun. This experience suggests that linear or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Discussion

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From the Dermatology Consultation Service, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York (M.E.G., A.W.S.); the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston (P.R.C.); and the Department of Medical Specialties, Section of Dermatology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (P.R.C.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Grossman at the Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 W. 168th St., VC15-206, New York, NY 10032.

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Herpetic Geometric Glossitis
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N Engl J Med 1994; 330:1393-1394, May 12, 1994. Correspondence

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