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Atrophic GlossitisAka: Smooth Tongue

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  1. Pathophysiology
    1. Filiform papillae atrophy
  2. Symptoms
    1. Tongue dryness
    2. Intermittent Tongue Burning
    3. Paresthesias of taste
    4. Tongue Pain may be severe in advanced stages
  3. Signs
    1. Smooth, slick, sore Tongue with lost papillae
    2. Atrophied hyperemic papillae (small punctate red dots)
  4. Causes
    1. Anemia
      1. Folic Acid deficiency Anemia
      2. Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
      3. Iron Deficiency Anemia
    2. Other possible Vitamin Deficiencies
      1. Pyridoxine deficiency
      2. Riboflavin deficiency
      3. Niacin deficiency
    3. Anti-cancer drugs
    4. Riley-Day Dysautonia Syndrome
  5. Management
    1. Treat underlying cause (e.g. nutritional deficiency)
    2. Soft, bland diet

Tongue papillary atrophy NOS (C0155964)

ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9529.4, 529.4
EnglishAtrophic glossitis, Atrophy of tongue papillae, ATROPHY TONGUE PAPILLAE, Hunter's glossitis, Smooth atrophic tongue, Tongue denuded of papillae, Tongue Papillary Atrophy
Spanishatrofia de papila lingual, glositis atrofica, glositis de Hunter, lengua atrofica lisa
Parent ConceptsDiseases and other conditions of the tongue (C0155962), Tongue papillary atrophy NOS (C0155964), Atrophy of tongue (C0241423), Reason not stated concept (C1276325), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesICD9CM, MTHICD9, QMR, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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