Pendahuluan: Lidah dalam filosofi medis dipercaya sebagai barometer kesehatan rongga mulut maupun tubuh secara keseluruhan. Permukaan mukosa lidah kadang memperlihatkan gambaran yang berbeda dari kondisi normal sehingga disebut variasi normal. Geographic tongue dan fissured merupakan suatu asimptomatik namun dapat menjadi simptomatik ketika dipengaruhi kebiasaan baru bersifat mengiritasi sepert...

A male patient aged 20 years, visited us for routine oral examination. Incidentally, a well-demarcated reddish area of depapillation, of size 6X3 cm, was found on the dorsum of tongue near the midline. It was located 1 cm anterior to the circumvallate papillae and was roughly diamond shaped. Its surface was smooth, raised and fissured; the opposing palatal mucosa was nonerythematous (kissing le...

Benign migratory glossitis or geographic tongue is a psoriasiform mucositis of the dorsum of the tongue. [1] It is a benign inflammatory disorder and was first reported by Rayer [2]. It is more common in adults as compared to children. It is characterized by constantly changing patterns of serpiginous white lines surrounding areas of smooth, depapillated mucosa [1]. Erythematous patches, devoid...

Two increasingly shared perspectives within the international development community are that (a) geography matters, and (b) many government interventions would be more successful if they were better targeted. This paper unites these two notions by exploring the opportunities for, and benefits of, bringing an explicitly spatial dimension to the tasks of formulating and evaluating agricultural de...

abstract   soft tissue sarcomas of the oral cavity are uncommon malignancies those of smooth-muscle origin are extremely rare. leiomyosarcomas of the tongue are very rare. either surgery or radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy are the treatment modalities which improve prognosis. we are presenting a 32-year-old man with leiomyosarcoma of the lateral aspect of the oral tongue with neck...

background and objectives: squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue (sccot) is the most common malignant neoplasm in oral cavity. at the time of the diagnosis of sccot regional metastases with a high mortality rate are common, which is due to the extensive lymphatic system drainage of the tongue. although the level of healthcare has significantly improved, the survival rate is still low with an un...

granular cell tumor is a rare benign neoplasm most commonly appears in the head and neck region, especially in the tongue, cheek mucosa, and palate. occurrence in limbs is even rarer. these tumors account for approximately 0.5% of all soft tissue tumors. granular cell tumor can also affect other organs including skin, breast, and lungs. local recurrence and metastasis is potentially higher in m...