GEOFRAPHIC TONGUE (ERYTHEMA MIGRANS-BENIGN MIGRATORY GLOSSITIS)

Question 1

CONCEPT

Answer 1

COMMON BENIGN CONDITION THAT PRIMARILY AFFECTS TOBGUE

Question 2

FREQUENCY

Answer 2

NOT RELATED: AGE, SEX, SMOKING, ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE, ALLERGIES, DIABETES MELLITUS, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR DERMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS

Question 3

ORALLY CLINICALLY

Answer 3

• ASYMPTOMATIC MULTIPLE BENIGN ERYTHEMATOUS, DEPAPILLATED (ATROPHIC FILIFORM PAPILLAE) LESIONS SURROUNDED BY WHITE BORDERS CONCENTRATED AT THE TIP AND LATERAL BORDERS OF THE TONGUE
• OFTEN PRESENT FISSURED TONGUE (SCROTAL TONGUE)

Question 4

LESIONS

Answer 4

FOUND ONE LOCATION, HEAL AND THEN RELOCATE TO ANOTHER LOCATION

Question 5

TREATMENT

Answer 5

NO