Tongue

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Outcome of tongue cancer and early diagnosis

Back ground and Objective:Oral cancer is primarily a disease of epithelial origin. The tongue is the most common site of oral cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of tongue cancer and signs, symptoms, clinical features, and site of lesions in addition to factors affected this cancer.  Materials Methods and:Twenty eight medical records of patients who a...

Paraquat tongue.

To cite: Madhan B, Arunprasad G, Krishnan B. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-206581 DESCRIPTION Paraquat, a bipyridylium herbicide, is a commonly used agent in deliberate self-poisoning in developing countries. Gastrointestinal symptoms are ubiquitous in patients presenting after its oral ingestion. We describe a case of a 24-year-old man who...

Tongue diagnosis: relationship between sublingual tongue morphology in three tongue protrusion angles and menstrual clinical symptoms.

OBJECTIVE The morphological and color characteristics of the tongue sublingual veins (SLVs) can manifest differently within the subjects, depending on the way their tongue is curled upward. This study was conducted in order to investigate the clinical relevancy of tongue SLV diagnosis in relation to menstrual clinical symptoms (pain, clots, heavy, and scanty), using three different inspection p...

Influence of tongue pressure and width on tongue indentation formation.

The purpose of this study was to clarify which physiological and anatomical factors were involved in the formation of tongue indentations, which are believed to be a clinical sign of clenching. Twenty-four dentulous subjects were investigated. They were divided into two groups, depending on the presence or absence of tongue indentations: (i) a tongue indentation group and (ii) a no tongue inden...