Diseases of the tongue.

Aaron R Mangold, Rochelle R Torgerson, Roy S Rogers

Journal: Clinics in dermatology 2017;34(4):458-69

PMID: 27343960

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Abstract

The tongue is a complex organ involved in speech and expression as well as in gustation, mastication, and deglutition. The oral cavity, along with the tongue, are sites of neoplasms, reactive processes, and infections, and may be a harbinger of systemic diseases. This review includes both common and rare diseases that occur on the tongue, including: vascular and lymphatic lesions (infantile hemangiomas and oral varices), reactive and inflammatory processes (hairy tongue, pigmented fungiform papillae of the tongue, benign migratory glossitis, and fissured tongue), infections (oral hairy leukoplakia, herpes simplex and varicella-zoster virus infections, human papillomavirus, and candidiasis), premalignant lesions (leukoplakia and erythroplakia), malignant lesions (squamous cell carcinoma, Kaposi sarcoma, and lymphoproliferative diseases), and signs of systemic disease (nutritional deficiency and systemic amyloidosis).

Address: Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ. Electronic address: [email protected].; Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.; Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.

DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.018

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MeSH Terms: Amyloidosis, Candidiasis, Oral, Glossitis, Benign Migratory, Hemangioma, Capillary, Herpes Simplex, Herpes Zoster, Humans, Leukoplakia, Hairy, Malnutrition, Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary, Papillomavirus Infections, Precancerous Conditions, Tongue, Tongue Diseases, Tongue Neoplasms, Tongue, Fissured, Tongue, Hairy, Varicose Veins