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Multiple clinical findings on the tongue: normal, variants of normal or pathologic? (a case report)
Yurina Alhayu1, Febrina Rahmayanti2, Ambar Kusuma Astuti3.
Introduction:The normal variations of healthy tissues are common. Although the locations of normal variations are predictable for dentists and asymptomatic, most people are not familiar with those. The increasing awareness of oral cancer also increases in patients who concern towards normal variations. Human tongue has many normal variations, such as geographic tongue and fissured tongue. Also, there are candida-associated lesions on the tongue whose appearance is similar to the geographic tongue, which is the central papillary atrophy, this lesion can be symptomatic and asymptomatic. The objective was to present a case report about a patient with multiple oral find-ings on the tongue; geographic tongue, fissured tongue and central papillary atrophy. Case Report: A 53-year-old male patient came to Dental Hospital of Universitas Indonesia for dental check-up. In objective examination we found no papillae areas surrounded by keratinized lining in the lateral left and right area of the tongue and fissures spreading all over the dorsum of tongue and an ovoid area of redness in the middle of 2/3 posterior dorsum part of the tongue. All those findings were asymptomatic. We diagnosed those findings as geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and central papillary atrophy. The unique of this case the geographic tongue was bilateral on the lateral tongue. Con-clusion: As a dentist, especially specialize of oral medicine, it is important to have knowledge and ability to detect normal, variations of normal or pathologic lesions of the tongue. We should inform and educate the patients about the normal variations so that they would not develop anxiety about the normal variations in the future.
Affiliation:
- Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
- Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
- Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
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