IMAGES OF TONGUE LESIONS..... Extracted from "A Synopsis of the Diseases of the Oral Mucosa" by Prof. M.A.M. Sitheeque

TONGUE LESIONS

Erythema migrans- Also known as geographic tongue

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia

Fissurred tongue

Fissurred tongue in Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome

Black Hairy tongue

Macroglossia in Mucopolysaccharidosis

Macroglossia Beckwith’s syndrome

Haemangioma of the tongue

Lingual thyroid

Median Rhomboid glossitis

Chronic hyperplastic candidosis on the tongue

Foliate papillitis

Ankyloglossia

Atrophy of lingual mucosa

Chronic lingual mucosal atrophy may be found in:

Oral submucous fibrosis

Haematinic and vitamin deficiencies and anaemia

Oral lichen planus

Epidermolysis bullosa due to repeated ulceration and scarring

             Syphilitic leukoplakia