Solve exciting clinical cases specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. In this week’s ‘Pediatric Case Challenge’ , join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s question regarding ‘Recurrent Masses On Tongue’ A 7-year-old healthy boy presented to the emergency department with recurrent painless tongue masses since birth. His mother reported that multiple masses would develop and resolve spontaneously over the course of days to weeks. The lesions were usually white and the size of a pinhead, and located on the anterior portion of the tongue.
Occasionally they would grow in size and progress to red filled vesicles that did not burst or bleed. The timing of the lesions was not associated with fever or other rashes. The patient’s history was otherwise unremarkable and his vaccinations were up to date. Examination The patient had multiple pale,…