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  2. Tongue disease - Wikipedia

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    Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) - a common disorder which occasionally causes a burning sensation but is usually painless. Irregular patches of depapillation form on the tongue giving the appearance of a map. The cause is unknown. Leukoplakia - can affect the tongue.

  3. Oral candidiasis - Wikipedia

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    Oral candidiasis (Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis) ,which is also known as oral thrush, among other names, [ 1] is candidiasis that occurs in the mouth. That is, oral candidiasis is a mycosis (yeast/fungal infection) of Candida species on the mucous membranes of the mouth . Candida albicans is the most commonly implicated organism in this ...

  4. Candidiasis - Wikipedia

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    Candidiasis is a fungal infection due to any species of the genus Candida (a yeast ). [ 4] When it affects the mouth, in some countries it is commonly called thrush. [ 3] Signs and symptoms include white patches on the tongue or other areas of the mouth and throat. [ 3] Other symptoms may include soreness and problems swallowing. [ 9]

  5. Ludwig's angina - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig's angina is a form of severe, widespread cellulitis of the floor of the mouth, usually with bilateral involvement. Infection is usually primarily within the submandibular space, and the sublingual and submental spaces can also be involved. It presents with an acute onset and spreads very rapidly, therefore early diagnosis and immediate ...

  6. Ranula - Wikipedia

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    A ranula usually presents as a translucent, blue, dome-shaped, fluctuant swelling in the tissues of the floor of the mouth. If the lesion is deeper, then there is a greater thickness of tissue separating from the oral cavity and the blue translucent appearance may not be a feature. A ranula can develop into a large lesion many centimeters in ...

  7. Angular cheilitis - Wikipedia

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    Angular cheilitis – a fissure running in the corner of the mouth with reddened, irritated facial skin adjacent. A fairly mild case of angular cheilitis extending onto the facial skin in a young person (affected area is within the black oval). Angular cheilitis is a fairly non specific term which describes the presence of an inflammatory ...

  8. Gongylonema pulchrum - Wikipedia

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    Gongylonema pulchrum is the only parasite of the genus Gongylonema capable of infecting humans. Gongylonema pulchrum infections are due to humans acting as accidental hosts for the parasite. There are seven genera of spirudia nematodes that infect human hosts accidentally: Gnathostoma, Thelazia, Gongylonema, Physaloptera, Spirocerca, Rictularia.

  9. Caviar tongue - Wikipedia

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    Caviar tongue is a condition characterized by the purplish nodular swelling of veins found on the undersurface of the tongue. [1]It is normal for there to be veins visible underneath the tongue, partly because the mucous membrane is so thin and translucent in this region, but where these vessels become dilated and tortuous, they may appear round and black like caviar. [2]

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