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benign migratory glossitis [1 record]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A disease characterized by scattered red areas on the dorsum of the tongue that are denuded of their papillae and are smooth. The contrast of these areas with the normal roughened and coated surface gives a map-like pattern which changes over time.

OBS

geographic tongue: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Affection génotypique caractérisée par l'existence, au niveau de la face dorsale de la langue, d'aires dépapillées, circinées, lisses, de teinte rosée, bordées par un liseré blanch tre légèrement saillant et perpétuellement évolutif qui leur donne un aspect en carte de géographie.

OBS

langue géographique : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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