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12.06.2023 | Kasuistiken
Odynophagia as the first symptom of monkeypox infection
verfasst von:
Dr. med. Nadja Schröder, MD, ENT, Dr. med. Juliane Buth, Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Drexler, Prof. Dr. med. Ortwin Adams, Dr. med. Inga Tometten, Dr. med. Maximilian Seidl, Dr. med. Christian Rubbert, Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Schipper, PD. Dr. med. Julia Kristin
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Abstract
A 50-year-old patient with confirmed monkeypox infection presented with odynophagia and nocturnal dyspnea. Clinically, there was a lesion on the tongue without any skin lesions and fibrinous plaques on the right tonsil with asymmetry of the palatoglossal arch. Due to a suggested abscess in the CT scan, a tonsillectomy à chaud was performed. By pan-orthopox-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) the monkeypox infection was also confirmed in the tonsil tissue. Isolated oral findings may represent a monkeypox infection and should be considered as a currently important differential diagnosis, especially for patients at risks.