Roof of mouth demarcation | Figure 1

Roof of mouth demarcation

7 year old male up to date with childhood immunizations, couple days of cough and runny nose, afebrile. Pt told his mom he had burning sensation in his mouth and when his mom looked she saw what appears to be a bruise at the roof of his mouth. Says he didn’t injure it or burn it on anything. No pain with palpation.


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