Fissured (scrotal) Tongue, Trisomy 21 - DermAtlas

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Rakhesh SV, MD

Diagnosis

fissured (scrotal) tongue Trisomy 21

Body Site

tongue, dorsal surface

Age

17 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

skin color

Morphology

papule

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This adolescent with Down syndrome demonstrates macroglossia with fissuring of the dorsal aspect of the tongue.

Description

this young girl, a known case of down syndrome had macro glossia and a grossly fissured tongue, the so called scrotal tongue, also seen in melkerson-rosenthal syndrome

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2/23/2005 22:52:04

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