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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

geographic tongue

Body Site

tongue tongue, dorsal surface

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

patchy

Color

pink

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This healthy 5-year-old boy had slowly migrating atrophic pink patches on the dorsal surface of his tongue. The lesions were occasionally symptomatic when he ate acidic foods.

Description

well demarcated atrophic pink patches

Categories

dental/oral disorder normal physiologic variant

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12/25/2010 16:14:15

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