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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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Herpes simplex laryngitis following primary genital herpes
Purnima Sangwan, Rakesh Datta, Ashwani Sethi, Awadhesh K Mishra, Satwinder P Singh
Department of Ear Nose and Throat-Head and Neck Surgery, Army College of Medical Sciences and Associated Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt, India
Correspondence Address:
Purnima Sangwan
Department of Ear Nose and Throat-Head and Neck Surgery, Army College of Medical Sciences and Associated Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2230-9748.132062
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Primary genital herpes is associated with involvement of extragenital sites like thighs, buttocks, fingers and pharynx. This involvement occurs due to autoinoculation, orogenital exposure from the source and also seeding due to viremia in the initial period. Involvement of larynx in a case of primary genital herpes is extremely rare prompting us to report this case. |
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