Geographic tonguelike presentation in a child with pityriasis rosea: Case report and review of oral manifestations of pityriasis rosea

Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Mar;35(2):e124-e127. doi: 10.1111/pde.13417. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Abstract

Oral lesions are rarely reported in patients with pityriasis rosea. We report a case of a 3-year-old boy with clinical evidence of generalized pityriasis rosea who developed asymptomatic oral lesions similar in appearance to geographic tongue. The generalized eruption and tongue lesions resolved simultaneously within 4 weeks. We also review the literature on the oral manifestations of Pityriasis rosea.

Keywords: association; geographic; oral; pityriasis; rosea; tongue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glossitis, Benign Migratory / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Hydrocortisone / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology
  • Pityriasis Rosea / diagnosis*
  • Pityriasis Rosea / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • hydrocortisone acetate
  • Hydrocortisone