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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Tongue Diseases > Glossitis > Glossitis, Benign Migratory

Preferred term

Glossitis, Benign Migratory  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Erythema Migrans, Lingual
  • Geographic Tongue
  • Glossitis Areata Exfoliativa
  • Lingual Erythema Migrans
  • Tongue, Geographic

Scope note

  • An idiopathic disorder of the tongue characterized by the loss of filiform papillae leaving reddened areas of circinate macules bound by a white band. The lesions heal, then others erupt.

History note

  • 2017 (1965)

In other languages

  • karttakieli

    Finnish

  • benign migrerande glossit
  • eksfoliatiivinen paikallinen kielitulehdus
  • glossitis areata exfoliativa
  • glossitis migrans benigna
  • hyvänlaatuinen siirtyvä kielitulehdus
  • kesivä paikallinen kielitulehdus
  • kuviokieli
  • lingua geographica
  • Glossit, benign migrerande

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005929

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