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Fissured tongue is a benign condition characterized by deep grooves in the dorsum of the tongue. Although these grooves may look unsettling, the condition is usually painless. Although these grooves may look unsettling, the condition is usually painless.
Fissured tongue (furrowed tongue, lingua plicata, plicated tongue, scrotal tongue) Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis, benign migratory stomatitis, glossitis areata exfoliativa, glossitis areata migrans, lingua geographica, stomatitis areata migrans, transitory benign plaques of the tongue) Gingival fibroma; Gingival hypertrophy
The sides of the tongue are inspected with a gloved hand holding a piece of gauze. The tongue is moved side to side and inspected; it should be pink, moist, smooth and glistening. Assessment of the ventral (bottom) surface of the tongue is done by having the patient touch the tip of their tongue against the roof of their mouth.
"scrotal tongue" is synonymous with "fissured tongue" (lingua plicata). The tongue is said to resemble a scrotum in this condition. Personally, I would say that the term fissured tongue is in greatest use, the others less so. tepi ( talk ) 20:11, 2 September 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by recurring facial paralysis, swelling of the face and lips (usually the upper lip: cheilitis granulomatosis) and the development of folds and furrows in the tongue (fissured tongue). [2]: 799 Onset is in childhood or early adolescence.
Plicata, plicate, plicated, pleated or folded in Latin, may refer to: . Lingua plicata, a benign condition characterized by deep grooves in the dorsum of the tongue; Pars plicata, the folded and most anterior portion of the ciliary body, which in turn is part of the uvea, choroidea, one of the three layers that comprise the eye
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The fimbriated fold of tongue, also plica fimbriata, is a slight fold of the mucous membrane on the underside of the tongue which runs laterally on either side of the frenulum. The free edge of the fimbriated fold occasionally exhibits a series of fringe-like processes. (Fimbria is Latin for fringe).