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Fissured TongueAka: Dorsal Fissuring of Tongue, Congenital Furrows of Tongue, Scrotal Tongue

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  1. Epidemiology
    1. Inherited Tongue fissuring increases with age
  2. Pathophysiology
    1. Normal benign Tongue variation increases with age
  3. Signs: Deep fissures and folds of Tongue
    1. Deep median sulcus
    2. Deep transverse furrows across Tongue dorsum
  4. Associated conditions
    1. Down Syndrome
    2. Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
  5. Differential Diagnosis
    1. Syphilitic Glossitis causes longitudinal Tongue furrows
  6. Management
    1. Stroke Tongue 15x with tooth brush after meals, bedtime
  7. Complications
    1. Food debris accumulates in crevices and can irritate

Tongue, Fissured (C0040412)

ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9529.5, 529.5, 750.13
MSHD014063
EnglishCONG FISSURE OF TONGUE, Congenital fissure of tongue, Congenital plicated tongue, Fissure of tongue, Fissured tongue, Fissured Tongues, Furrowed tongue, Furrowed Tongues, Lingua plicata, Plicated tongue, SCROTAL TONGUE, TONGUE FISSURE
Spanishfisura congenita de la lengua, lengua agrietada, lengua escrotal, lengua fisurada, lengua plegada congenita, lengua surcada, lingua plegada
Parent ConceptsDiseases and other conditions of the tongue (C0155962), [X]Other congenital malformations of tongue (C0478024), Tongue Diseases (C0040409), Congenital anomaly of tongue (C0158662), Congenital Disorders (C0242354), Soft tissue lesion (C0410013)
SourcesDXP, ICD9CM, MSH, MTHICD9, NDFRT, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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