Lip and Tongue lesions......ppt.

 A Note on lip and tongue lesions with images

Tongue

•               Only will consider lesions specific to the tongue NOT ones which are presentation of systemic conditions
•              Mobile organ  
•                  Specialized epithelial lining
•             Rich in sensory nerve endings

    

Normal lip

          




Junction between skin & mucosa

•               Pink/brown in colour
•               Vermilion border
•               Fordyce’s granules
•               Pits     
•         No swellings or indurations