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  2. Fissured tongue - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Tongue disease - Wikipedia

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    Cleft tongue (bifid tongue) - completely cleft tongue is a rare condition caused by a failure of the lateral lingual swellings to merge. [4] More common is an incompletely cleft tongue, appearing as midline fissure. This is normally classed as fissured tongue.

  4. Glossitis - Wikipedia

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    Iron-deficiency anemia is mainly caused by blood loss, such as may occur during menses or gastrointestinal hemorrhage.This often results in a depapilled, atrophic glossitis, giving the tongue a bald and shiny appearance, along with pallor (paleness) of the lips and other mucous membranes a tendency towards recurrent oral ulceration, [6] and cheilosis (swelling of the lips). [7]

  5. If you have bumps on your tongue, here’s what they could mean

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    Much like your teeth, hair, skin, and nails, your tongue says a lot about your health.

  6. Geographic tongue - Wikipedia

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    Fissured tongue often occurs simultaneously with geographic tongue, [1] and some consider fissured tongue to be an end stage of geographic tongue. [9] In the past, some research suggested that geographic tongue was associated with diabetes, seborrheic dermatitis and atopy, however newer research does not corroborate these findings. [12]

  7. Macroglossia - Wikipedia

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    The tongue may show a diffuse, smooth generalized enlargement. [3] The face may show maxillary hypoplasia causing relative mandibular prognathism. Apparent macroglossia can also occur in Down syndrome. [8] The tongue has a papillary, fissured surface. [3] Macroglossia may be a sign of hypothyroid disorders.

  8. Plasma cell gingivitis - Wikipedia

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    The lips appear dry, atrophic and fissured. [7] Angular cheilitis is sometimes present. [7] Where the condition involves the tongue, there is an erythematous enlargement with furrows, crenation and loss of the normal dorsal tongue coating. [7]

  9. Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    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.