II. Symptoms
III. Exam
- Stick out Tongue, turn to both sides (CN XII)
- Tongue dorsum should be pink, velvety
- Use gauze to grasp anterior Tongue to see all surfaces
- Palpate for Tongue Masses or Nodules (especially Tongue base and lateral margins)
- Observe for white lesions suggestive of Leukoplakia
IV. Causes: Common Benign Findings Requiring NO Treatment
- Fissued Tongue (Scrotal Tongue)
- Indented Lateral Margins of Tongue
- Geographic Tongue (Benign Migratory Glossitis)
- Median Rhomboid Glossitis
- Varicose Veins of Tongue ("Caviar Lesions")
V. Causes: TongueSurface Disorders
VI. Causes: Tongue Growths
- See Tongue Mass
- Smooth Reactive Lesions
- Pyogenic Granuloma
- Irritation Fibroma
- Lingual Thyroid
- Smooth Salivary Gland Lesions
- Smooth Mesenchymal Lesions
- Neurofibroma
- Schwannoma
- Lymphoma
- Rough Tumors
- Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Oral Squamous Papilloma (HPV 6, 11)
VII. References
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| Definition (NCI) | The muscular organ located in the floor of the mouth and serving as the principal organ of taste and modification of the voice in speech. |
| Definition (NCI_CDISC) | The muscular organ located in the floor of the mouth and serving as the principal organ of taste and modification of the voice in speech. (NCI) |
| Definition (CSP) | movable muscular organ of the floor of the mouth, subserving the special sense of taste and aiding in mastication, deglutition and the articulation of sound. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D014059 |
| SnomedCT | 21974007 |
| HL7 | TONG |
| LNC | LP30556-2, MTHU015078 |
| English | Tongue, Tongues, Lingual, Lingua, lingual, tongues, tongue, tongue structure, TONGUE, Tongue structure, Tongue structure (body structure), Tongue, NOS |
| Swedish | Tunga |
| Czech | jazyk |
| Finnish | Kieli (suun lihas) |
| Russian | IAZYK, ЯЗЫК |
| Japanese | 舌 |
| Croatian | Not Translated[Tongue] |
| Latvian | Mēle |
| Polish | Język |
| Norwegian | Tunge, Lingua |
| Spanish | estructura de la lengua (estructura corporal), estructura de la lengua, lengua, Lengua |
| French | Langue |
| German | Glossa, Lingua, Zunge |
| Italian | Lingua |
| Dutch | Tong |
| Portuguese | Língua |
Ontology: Tongue Diseases (C0040409)
| Definition (MEDLINEPLUS) |
Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Your tongue is made up of many muscles. The upper surface contains your taste buds. Problems with the tongue include
These problems can have many different causes. Treatment depends on the underlying problem. |
| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| MSH | D014060 |
| ICD9 | 529.9 |
| ICD10 | K14.9 , K14 |
| SnomedCT | 69244009, 155533008, 196595001, 266496009, 155667007, 155665004 |
| English | Diseases, Tongue, Tongue Disease, Unspecified condition of the tongue, TONGUE DISORDER, Disease, Tongue, Disease of tongue, Disease of tongue, unspecified, Tongue diseases NOS, TONGUE DIS, Tongue Diseases, disorder of tongue, disorder of tongue (diagnosis), Disorder tongue, Tongue disorder NOS, Diseases of tongue, Tongue Diseases [Disease/Finding], diseases of the tongue, tongue disease, disease tongue, disease of tongue, tongue disorder, diseases tongue, diseases of tongue, disorders tongue, tongue diseases, tongue disorder disease, Tongue Disorders, Tongue diseases NOS (disorder), Tongue disease NOS, Tongue--Diseases, Tongue disorder, disease (or disorder); tongue, tongue; disorder, Disease of tongue, NOS, Tongue disorder, NOS, Disorder of tongue, Disease of tongue (disorder), Disorder of tongue (disorder), Tongue disorders |
| Dutch | tongafwijkingen, aandoening tong, niet-gespecificeerde aandoeningen van de tong, tongaandoening NAO, aandoening; tong, tong; aandoening, Ziekte van tong, niet gespecificeerd, tongaandoening, Ziekten van tong, Tongziekte, Tongziekten, Ziekte, tong-, Ziekten, tong- |
| French | Affections de la langue, Affection de la langue SAI, Affection non précisée de la langue, AFFECTION DE LA LANGUE, Trouble de la langue, Glossopathies, Maladies de la langue, Maladies linguales |
| German | Erkrankungen der Zunge, unspezifische Affektion der Zunge, Erkrankung der Zunge NNB, Krankheit der Zunge, Krankheit der Zunge, nicht naeher bezeichnet, Krankheiten der Zunge, ZUNGENVERAENDERUNG, Erkrankung der Zunge, Zungenkrankheiten |
| Italian | Patologia della lingua, Patologie della lingua, Condizione non specificata della lingua, Patologia della lingua NAS, Malattie della lingua |
| Portuguese | Afecções da língua, Estado NE da língua, Afecção da língua NE, Afecção da língua, ALTERACOES DA LINGUA, Anomalia da língua, Doenças da Língua |
| Spanish | Trastornos de la lengua, Trastorno de la lengua NEOM, Enfermedad no especificada de la lengua, enfermedad de la lengua (trastorno), LENGUA, TRASTORNO, enfermedades de la lengua, SAI (trastorno), Tongue diseases NOS, enfermedades de la lengua, SAI, Trastorno de la lengua, trastorno de la lengua, trastorno de la lengua (trastorno), enfermedad de la lengua, Enfermedades de la Lengua |
| Japanese | 詳細不明の舌障害, 舌障害, 舌障害ＮＯＳ, ｼｮｳｻｲﾌﾒｲﾉｾﾞﾂｼｮｳｶﾞｲ, ｾﾞﾂｼｮｳｶﾞｲ, ｾﾞﾂｼｮｳｶﾞｲNOS |
| Swedish | Tungans sjukdomar |
| Czech | jazyk - nemoci, Poruchy jazyka, Blíže neurčený stav jazyka, Porucha jazyka NOS, Porucha jazyka |
| Finnish | Kielen sairaudet |
| Russian | IAZYKA BOLEZNI, ЯЗЫКА БОЛЕЗНИ |
| Korean | 상세불명의 혀의 질환, 혀의 질환 |
| Croatian | JEZIK, BOLESTI |
| Polish | Choroby języka |
| Hungarian | Nyelv betegség k.m.n., Nyelv nem meghatározott állapota, Nyelv betegségek, Nyelv betegség, Nyelvbetegség |
| Norwegian | Tungesykdommer, Sykdommer i tungen |
