Abstract

A 25-year-old female presented with burning and pain in her mouth. A few erythematous patches with slightly raised keratotic band-shaped borders were present on the dorsum of her tongue. Fissures were also observed. History taking revealed good nutritional status, no systemi c diseases and no personal or familial history of psoriasis. Geographic tongue is a benign recurrent condition in which depapillated migratory areas are seen on the tongue. Fissured tongue is characterized by grooves of variable depth on the dorsum of the tongue. These two conditions are discussed in this article

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