Fissured tongue

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Fissured tongue
Classification and external resources
A fissured tongue.
ICD-10	K14.5
ICD-9	529.5
OMIM	137400
DiseasesDB	32503
eMedicine	derm/665
MeSH	D014063

Fissured tongue (also known as "scrotal tongue," "lingua plicata," and "furrowed tongue"^[1]:800) is a benign condition characterized by deep grooves (fissures) in the dorsum of the tongue.

Fissured tongue is seen in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome, in most patients with Down syndrome, and in association with geographic tongue.

[edit] See also

• Geographic tongue

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Marquette University School of Dentistry - Images of a fissured tongue

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