Median rhomboid glossitis: Report of a case.

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  • Ohbuchi Yoshitaka
    Department of Oral Surgery Ⅱ, Iwate Mediacal University School of Dentistry
  • Mizuno Akio
    Department of Oral Surgery Ⅱ, Iwate Mediacal University School of Dentistry
  • Sekiyama Saburo
    Department of Oral Surgery Ⅱ, Iwate Mediacal University School of Dentistry
  • Suzuki Atsumi
    Department of Oral Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Dentistry
  • Yamaoka Yutaka
    Department of Oral Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Dentistry

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  • 正中菱形舌炎の1例

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<p>A case of median rhomboid glossitis was reported. A 55-year-old man was referred to our clinic for examination of a tumorous lesion in the mid-dorsum of the tongue. He had been admitted to the Iwate Medical University Internal Medicine because of cancer of the esophagus on the previous day.</p><p>Oral examination revealed a well-defined and elliptical rising in the posterior mid-dorsum of the tongue. The lesion was 32×16x5mm in size, and seemed to be composed of five small masses. The area was devoid of papillae and tinted with somber redness, being elastic hard and nontender.</p><p>Diagnosis was made as median rhomboid glossitis clinically and histopathologically. No treatment was performed.</p>

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