Geographic tongue is a benign chronic relapsing recurring inflammatory condition of the oral cavity of unknown etiology. It can also be referred to as benign migratory glossitis, erythema migrans, annulus migrans, and a wandering rash of the tongue.[rx][rx][rx][rx] It usually manifests Read More …
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Pierre Robin Sequence – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Pierre Robin Sequence increasingly known as the Robin sequence or Pierre Robin sequence comprises the triad of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and obstructive apnea. It is a highly heterogeneous condition. Physicians have used varying sets of criteria to make this diagnosis, which has Read More …
Cleft Tongue Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Cleft tongue syndrome, also called the bifid tongue, have a split running along the length of their tongue. Clefting occurs because the body fails to completely develop in order to join the two sides of the tongue together. Prenatal ultrasounds Read More …
Hypoglossia – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Hypoglossia/Macroglossia is an uncommon developmental condition and is also known as hypoglossia. Its defining feature is a rudimentary or an abnormally small tongue. It leads to limited muscular movement and is associated with syndromes such as Hanhart syndrome. Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is the Read More …
Macroglossia – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Macroglossia is an uncommon developmental condition and is also known as hypoglossia. Its defining feature is a rudimentary or an abnormally small tongue. It leads to limited muscular movement and is associated with syndromes such as Hanhart syndrome. Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is the Read More …
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a growth disorder variably characterized by neonatal hypoglycemia, macrosomia, macroglossia, hemihyperplasia, omphalocele, embryonal tumors (e.g., Wilms tumor, hepatoblastoma, neuroblastoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma), visceromegaly, adrenocortical cytomegaly, renal abnormalities (e. Macroglossia is an uncommon developmental condition and is also known as Read More …
Aglossia Congenita – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Aglossia (aglossia congenita) is a congenital defect resulting in a partial development or complete absence of a tongue. Aglossia is commonly associated with craniofacial and limb defects (Adactylia syndrome) and is thought to belong to a family of oromandibular limb hypogenesis syndrome or OLHS. It Read More …
Cheilitis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Cheilitis is an inflammation of the lips, which could be acute or chronic. The inflammation primarily arises in the vermilion zone but may extend to surrounding skin and less commonly, to the oral mucosa. It may be caused by a multitude Read More …
Tongue-Tie – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Tongue-Tie/Ankyloglossia is a congenital condition characterized by an abnormally short, thickened, or tight lingual frenulum, or an anterior attachment of the lingual frenulum, that restricts the mobility of the tongue.[rx] It variably causes reduced anterior tongue mobility and has been associated Read More …
Ankyloglossia – Causes, Symptom, Diagnosis, Treatment
Ankyloglossia is a congenital condition characterized by an abnormally short, thickened, or tight lingual frenulum, or an anterior attachment of the lingual frenulum, that restricts the mobility of the tongue.[rx] It variably causes reduced anterior tongue mobility and has been associated Read More …
Tongue Diseases – Types, Causes Symptoms, Function
Tongue diseases can be congenital or acquired and are multiple in number. Considered according to a surgical sieve, some example conditions which can involve the tongue are discussed below. Glossitis is a general term for tongue inflammation, which can have various etiologies, e.g. infection. Types of Tongue Read More …
Rhinophyma – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Rhinophyma is a disfiguring nasal deformity due to the proliferation of sebaceous glands and underlying connective tissue. The name itself is broken down into “rhis,” derived from Greek meaning nose, and “phyma,” also Greek, for skin tumor. While rhinophyma is Read More …