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Investigating geographic tongue severity: a cross-sectional study on symptoms and potential risk factors [PDF]

BMC Oral Health
Background Geographic tongue (GT) is a benign, recurrent inflammatory condition marked by atrophic and erythematous lesions, often asymptomatic but sometimes causing discomfort. This study evaluated some potential etiological and risk factors influencing
Bilgün Çeti̇n, Derya İçöz
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Geographic tongue and psoriasis: clinical, histopathological, immunohistochemical and genetic correlation - a literature review [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: Geographic tongue is a chronic, inflammatory, and immune-mediated oral lesion of unknown etiology. It is characterized by serpiginous white areas around the atrophic mucosa, which alternation between activity, remission and reactivation at various ...
Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani, Tábata Alves Domingos, Thays Teixeira-Souza, Vanessa de Carla Batista dos Santos, Heron Fernando de Sousa Gonzaga, Juliana Cardoso-Oliveira, Alexandre Carlos Gripp, Eliane Pedra Dias, Sueli Carneiro   +8 more
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Asymptomatic benign migratory glossitis: A rare case report

International Journal of Pedodontic Rehabilitation, 2019
Benign migratory glossitis, also known as geographic tongue, is an inflammatory recurrent condition of unknown etiology, which is characterized by loss of filiform papillae on the dorsum of the tongue. Clinically, it appears as irregular erythematous patches devoid of filiform papilla bounded by slightly elevated white bands.
Nitin Khanduri, Sankalp Rohatgi, Deepak Kurup, Malay Mitra   +3 more
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Benign Migratory Glossitis (Lingual Erythema Migrans)

Dentistry, 2018
Benign Migratory Glossitis affects only a small fraction of the general population (1-3%) with a female predilection and should be distinguished from other benign and malignant conditions affecting oral mucosal and the tongue. With the mounting research in recent years, this condition has been found to have a certain correlation with some immunological
Irena V Fisenko
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Correlation between extent and clinical severity, and histopathological characteristics of geographic tongue [PDF]

Folia Morphologica
BACKGROUND: Geographic tongue is an oral lesion with an unknown etiology.Recently, the Geographic Tongue Area and Sev erity Index (GTASI) has been proposed to assess the area and severity of geographic tongue, aiming to measure the clinical severity of ...
Thaylla Núñez Amin Dick, Lílian Rocha Santos, Karin Soares Cunha, Geraldo Oliveira Silva-Junior, Arkadiusz Dziedzic, Mariana Marinho Aredes, Arley Silva Junior, Heron Fernando Gonzaga, Eliane Pedra Dias, Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani   +9 more
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Ozone as healing touch in a case of benign migratory glossitis

SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences, 2016
Benign migratory glossitis also known as the geographical tongue is a recurrent condition of unknown etiology characterized by loss of epithelium particularly of the filiform papillae on the dorsum of the tongue.
Tarun Kumar, Neha Arora, Ajaypal Singh Kataria, Dheeraj Sharma   +3 more
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Benign Migratory Glossitis- A Case of Hereditary Aetiology

IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2016
Geographic tongue often associated with fissured tongue, is of unknown etiology with many suggested causative factors. An interesting case of geographic tongue with fissuring having a hereditary etiology and significant allergic history has been reported.
Dr. Sowmya SV, Dr. Pushpalatha C, Dr. Roopa S Rao   +2 more
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A tongue with a map on it. [PDF]

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, 2022
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2022.
Stead T, Mangal R, Stead T, Ganti L.
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Benign migratory glossitis. Etiology. Clinical findings. Diagnosis. Treatment [PDF]

, 2014
Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Therapeutic Dentistry, University „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Republic of MoldovaIntroduction: Geographic tongue or benign migratory glossitis is a condition that can be observed at any time in life.
Popusoi, Cristina
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Benign Migratory Glossitis - A Neglected Oral Health Issue in Pakistan

Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, 2016
Objective: To investigate the frequency of benign migratory glossitis (BMG) and its association with medical conditions. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional and multicenter study was carried out in Karachi and Hyderabad city. A total
Ghazal Raza, Sehrish Ahmed, Shahjahan Katpar, Daud Mirza, Anum Baqar   +4 more
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