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Bilateral palatine ulcers in a neonate: Bednar’s aphthae
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A 3-week-old baby boy was admitted with progressive oral ulcerations on the posterior hard palate (figure 1).
The parents first noted lesions one week prior to admission. The erosions did not respond to miconazole gel and increasingly interfered with feeding: he cried during bottlefeeding and finally refused the bottle. He was the second child …
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