Are Oral Mucosal Changes a Sign of COVID-19? A Cross-Sectional Study at a Field Hospital. / ¿Son las alteraciones en la mucosa oral un signo de COVID-19? Estudio transversal en un Hospital de Campaña.
Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed)
; 2021 Feb 27.
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in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1114342
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has many manifestations, including respiratory, thrombotic, neurologic, digestive, and cutaneous ones. Cutaneous manifestations have been classified into 5 clinical patterns acro-ischemic (pseudo-chilblain), vesicular, urticarial, maculopapular, and livedoid. Oral manifestations have also been reported, but much less frequently. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
We performed a cross-sectional study in which we examined the oral mucosa of 666 patients with COVID-19 at the IFEMA field hospital in Madrid in April 2020.RESULTS:
Seventy-eight patients (11.7%) had changes involving the oral mucosa. The most common were transient anterior U-shaped lingual papillitis (11.5%) accompanied or not by tongue swelling (6.6%), aphthous stomatitis (6.9%), a burning sensation in the mouth (5.3%), mucositis (3.9%), glossitis with patchy depapillation (3.9%), white tongue (1.6%), and enanthema (0.5%). Most of the patients also reported taste disturbances.CONCLUSION:
COVID-19 also manifests in the oral cavity. The most common manifestations are transient U-shaped lingual papillitis, glossitis with patchy depapillation, and burning mouth syndrome. Mucositis with or without aphthous ulcers or enanthema may also be observed. Any these findings may be key clues to a diagnosis of COVID-19.
Aftas; Alteraciones orales; Anterior lingual papillitis; Aphthae; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Disgeusia; Dysgeusia; Edema lingual; Enantema; Enanthema; Macroglosia; Macroglossia; Manifestaciones orales; Mucositis; Oral changes; Oral manifestations; Papilitis; Papilitis lingual anterior; Papillitis; Swollen tongue
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English
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Spanish
Year:
2021
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Article
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