Tongue disease
Tongue diseases can be congenital or acquired. Glossitis is a general term for tongue inflammation, which can be caused by various etiologies such as infection.
The condition of the tongue provide information about many other conditions, as in strawberry tongue.
Assessment of the tongue has historically been an important part of a medical examination.[1]
Examples include:
- White tongue: White spots and patches or coating of the tongue are a symptom of several medical conditions:
- Geographic tongue. This is very common condition that affects the anterior two thirds of the dorsal and lateral tongue mucosa of 1% to 2.5% of the population. When lesions involve other oral mucosa in addition to the dorsal and lateral tongue, the condition is called migratory stomatitis (or ectopic geographic tongue); in this uncommon condition, lesions infrequently involve also the ventral tongue and buccal or labial mucosa, the soft palate and floor of the mouth.[4] Although this condition is considered a normal variant rather than pathology, it occasionally symptomatic.
- Hypoglossia - congenitally short tongue
- Tongue necrosis owing to local or systemic ischemic conditions, most commonly giant cell arteritis.[5][6]
- Squamous cell carcinoma
The tongue is examined and observed diagnostically in traditional Chinese medicine. A painful tongue may be an indication of several underlying serious medical conditions[7]
See also
References
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