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The tongue as a clinical indicator for dermatological and non dermatological diseases

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

Subjects

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Tags

Dermatology and Andrology

Advisors

Rateb, Amr A. , Lehaitta, Thara M. , El-Koumi, Muhammad H.

Authors

Ebrahim, Amira Ebrahim Authman

Accessioned

2017-07-12 06:41:53

Available

2017-07-12 06:41:53

type

M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

The tongue is a fleshy highly mobile mass of muscular tissue attached to the floor of the mouth and covered with mucous membrane. Some lesions that appear on the tongue in the form of vesicles, spots, discoloration, erosions, fissures and others may indicate presence of dermatological diseases such as herpes simplex infection, lichen planus, psoriasis, dermatomyositis and others or may hide behind them, some of systemic diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases, anemia, diabetes mellitus, allergy. So, careful examination of the tongue and also the entire buccal cavity with respect to the possible differential diagnoses of the existent lesion will help in accurate diagnosis of the condition giving rise to early and successful treatment helped by other methods of diagnosis such as histological examination, direct & indirect immunofluoresence and tumor markers.

Issued

1 Jan 2010

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/37262

Details

Type

Thesis

Created At

28 Jan 2023