Möller-Hunter glossitis
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| K14.01 | Atrophy of the papillae of the tongue - glossitis atrophicans |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
The Möller-Hunter glossitis , latin atrophic glossitis is an atrophy of the mucosa of the tongue with a smooth red tongue, a so-called lacquer tongue .
Synonyms are: Möller glossitis; Hunter glossitis
The name refers to the author of the first description from 1851 by the German surgeon Julius Otto Ludwig Möller (1819–1887).
Another description comes from 1900 by the Scottish doctor William Hunter (1861-1937).
root cause
According to the original descriptions, the cause of glossitis is pernicious anemia as a result of a vitamin B12 deficiency . However, the term is used more generally for tongue changes due to systemic diseases such as iron deficiency anemia , beri-beri , folic acid deficiency or other avitaminoses .
Clinical manifestations
Clinically, the tip of the tongue and back are red in color as a result of atrophy of the tongue papillae with paresthesia and burning sensation .
therapy
Treatment is directed against the underlying cause.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Encyclopedia Dermatology
- ^ W. Pschyrembel: Clinical dictionary. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 265th edition (2014) ISBN 3-11-018534-2 , p. 1077.
- ↑ J. Möller: Clinical remarks on some lesser known diseases of the tongue. In: Deutsche Klinik , Berlin, No. 3, 1851, pp. 273-275.
- ↑ Who named it
- ↑ W. Hunter: Further observations on pernicious anemia (seven cases): A chronic infective disease; its relation to infection from the mouth and stomach; suggested serum treatment. In: The Lancet , London, No. 1, 1900, pp. 221-224.
