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The pathologic changes seen on the surface of the right unilateral side of this elderly male patient’s tongue and chin, represent a herpes outbreak due to the Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) pathogen, which may lay dormant in the spinal nerve roots through a chickenpox infected individual’s life, only manifesting its presence through outbreaks, as Shingles, or herpes zoster. It is caused by the Herpesviridae chickenpox virus.

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