Juvenile Geographic Tongue with Atopic Dermatitis-A Case Report
Journal Title: Interventions in Pediatric Dentistry Open Access Journal - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Geographic tongue is a benign recurrent condition characterized by loss of epithelium especially filiform papillae commonly seen in adults. The clinical presentation may vary from asymptomatic to painful, burning ulceration. This paper reports a case of asymptomatic Geographic tongue in a male child with atopic dermatitis. Geographic tongue is a chronic, inflammatory, and immunemediated benign oral lesion also referred to as benign migratory glossitis, stomatitis areata migrans, erythema migrans, annulus migrans and geographic stomatitis. It was first described as wandering rash of the tongue by Reiter in 1831. The lesion is characterized by serpiginous white lines surrounding areas of smooth, depapillated mucosa [1] The lesion persists for a period of time of several days to weeks and disappears only to reappear at a different location with a different pattern [2]. Here we report a case of Geographic tongue (GT) in a six-year-old patient.
Authors and Affiliations
Valen Dela D’souza, Prasanna Kumar Rao, Raghavendra Kini, Gowri P Bhandarkar, Roopashri Rajesh Kashyap, Preethi A Poonja
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- DOI 10.32474/IPDOAJ.2018.01.000106
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