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case_images: Clinical course. (a-d) Initial oral examination of the oral lesions. (e-h) After 24 hours from the first aPDT and PBMT sessions. (i-m) Clinical aspect after 48 hours. (n-p) 5th day after laser therapy.
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case_images: During the oral examination, the patient presented with confluent multiple ulcerations with erythematous halo covered by pseudomembrane distributed on the upper and lower lips, bilateral buccal mucosa, tongue, soft palate, and oral pharynx (Figures 1(a)-1(d)). Within 24 hours, there was a reduction in lesion severity and pain (10 to 5, according to the visual analogue scale (VAS)) (Figures 1(e)-1(h)). Within 48 hours, the patient resumed eating solid foods (Figures 1(i)-1(l)), mucosal healing was achieved after the fifth day since the first laser session, and all normal oral functions were restored (Figures 1(m)-1(p)).