glossitis

[glŏ-si´tis]

inflammation of the tongue.

median rhomboid glossitis a congenital disorder of noninflammatory origin, characterized by a somewhat rhomboid reddish, smooth, and shiny lesion with some opalescent spots, occurring at about the middle third of the dorsal surface of the tongue.

glos·si·tis

(glo-sī'tis),

Inflammation of the tongue.

[gloss- + G. -itis, inflammation]

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glossitis

(glô-sī′tĭs, glŏ-)

Inflammation of the tongue.

glos·sit′ic (-sĭt′ĭk) adj.

glossitis

ENT Inflammation of the tongue. See Geographic tongue, Median rhomboid glossitis.

glos·si·tis

(glos-ī'tis)

Inflammation of the tongue.

[gloss- + G. -itis, inflammation]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

glossitis

Inflammation of the tongue, usually from nutritional deficiency, especially of iron and vitamin B. It also occurs in iron-deficiency ANAEMIA, in SYPHILIS, ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME, PEMPHIGUS, BEHÇET'S SYNDROME, LICHEN PLANUS and may be caused by any persistent irritant, such as tobacco smoke, roughened teeth, badly fitting dentures or over-use of mouth-washes.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

glos·si·tis

(glos-ī'tis)

Inflammation of the tongue.

[gloss- + G. -itis, inflammation]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Snyder, "Atrophic luetic glossitis. Report of a case," Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, vol.

Secondary Syphilis Presenting as Glossodynia, Plaques en Prairie Fauchee, and a Split Papule at the Oral Commissure: Case Report and Review

In the present case, the patient suffered from dysphagia, ulceration, and burning sensation in his mouth, glossitis, angular cheilitis, and koilonychias which included most of the common oral manifestation.

Plummer Vinson Syndrome: A Rare Syndrome in Male with Review of the Literature

Pallor, being the hallmark of clinical signs (100%), was followed by glossitis (20%), neuropathy (10%), and cardiac failure (8%) [Table 5].

Clinical profile and response in patients with megaloblastic anemia

(4) The gastrointestinal signs are nonspecific; they can be Glossitis, dysphagia, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

Phenobarbital induced pellagra

Clinical examination on admittance revealed: pale yellow waxy skin, red and smooth appearance of the tongue (glossitis); no cardiopulmonary modifications.

False increased vitamin B12 levels in autoimmune gastritis and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord

Glossitis is inflammation of which part of the body?

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Table 1: Comparing the possibility of dysplastic changes in oral lesions is the likelihood of dysplasia in dysplastic lesions Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia *** Nicotine palatinus in reverse smoking *** Erythroplakia *** Oral sub mucus fibrous with leukoplakia *** Granular leukoplakia *** Laryngeal keratosis *** Actinic cheilitis *** Syphilitic glossitis with dorsal leukoplakia *** Smooth, thick leukoplakia ** Smokeless tobacco keratosis ** Plammer Vinson disease * Lichen planus ,erosive form * Smooth, Thin leukoplakia Dyskeratosis congenital ?

Epithelial dysplasia in oral cavity

Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) is the combination of dysphagia, angular cheilitis, atrophic glossitis, and esophageal webbing in the setting of iron deficiency anemia.

Plummer-Vinson syndrome following gastric bypass surgery

A few patients reported nausea vomiting glossitis skin rashes and folate deficiency.

An effective combined therapy of meglumine antimoniate and co-trimoxazole for cutaneous leishmaniasis: a study in Quetta City

Other common findings include pallor, glossitis, vomiting, diarrhoea, and icterus (1,2).

Cerebral atrophy in a vitamin B12-deficient infant of a vegetarian mother

Glossitis (inflammation of the tongue) is usually a temporary condition that heals quickly with treatment.

Glossitis (inflammation of the tongue)

Other authors have referred to this lesion as "Riga's disease", "sublingual growth in infants", "sublingual ulcer", "sublingual granuloma", "reparative lesion of the tongue", "neonatal sublingual traumatic ulceration", and "traumatic atrophic glossitis", " traumatic granuloma of the tongue", "traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia" and sublingual fibrogranuloma.

Riga-Fede disease