MEDIAN RHOMBOID GLOSSITIS (central papillary atrophy)

Question 1

INTRAORALLY CLINICALLY

Answer 1

SMOOTH/ERYTHEMATOUS RHOMBOID PATCH MID-DORSAL SURFACE TONGUE (LACKS FILIFORM PAPILLAE)

Question 2

SYMPTOMS

Answer 2

ASYMPTOMATIC

Question 3

AREAS

Answer 3

• MID-DORSAL SURFACE OF THE TONGUE
• JUNCTION OF THE HARD/SOFT PALATE (“KISSING LESIONS”)

Question 4

ETIOLOGY

Answer 4

CHRONIC ERYTHEMA CANDIDA ALBICANS INFECTION (CONSIDERED A FORM OF CHRONIC ATROPHIC CANDIDIASIS)

Question 5

PATIENTS

Answer 5

DIABETES/IMMUNOSUPPRESSED

Question 6

TREATMENT

Answer 6

TOPICAL ANTIFUNGALS IF SYMPTOMATIC