Lacquer tongue
A smooth, dry and shiny red tongue is called a lacquer tongue (Latin: lingua glabra ). The lacquer tongue is caused by an atrophy of the tongue papillae on the surface of the tongue. The lacquer tongue can be accompanied by a burning sensation in the area of the tongue.
The lacquer tongue, along with the lacquer lips , palmar erythema , spider nevi and white nails, is one of the signs of the liver in cirrhosis .
Also in the pernicious anemia ( vitamin B 12 may occur deficiency) similar tongue changes. The so-called Möller-Hunter glossitis ( glossitis atrophicans ) is not, as has long been assumed, an inflammation of the tongue, but rather an atrophy of the tongue mucosa based on a reduced rate of cell division. This then leads to increased blood vessels showing through, which causes the red color. In the case of a vitamin B 12 deficiency, the cause of the vitamin deficiency must be remedied therapeutically .
In the context of Kawasaki syndrome , the lacquer tongue is a major symptom.
The crimson tongue in scarlet fever is called strawberry tongue or raspberry tongue . It is a glossitis with swollen papillae.
See also
- Coated tongue
- Hairy tongue
- Raspberry tongue for scarlet fever
- Map tongue
- Leukoplakia
- Lingua plicata (tongue with longitudinal or transverse furrows, hereditary, harmless)
literature
- W. Böcker, H. Denk, U. Heitz: Pathology. 3. Edition. Urban & Fischer-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-437-42381-9 .
- W. Pschyrembel: Clinical Dictionary. 251st edition. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1972, ISBN 3-11-003657-6 .
- Roche Lexicon Medicine . ( Memento from May 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 4th edition, Urban & Fischer
- Baenkler: Internal Medicine. (= Dual row). Thieme, 2001, ISBN 3-13-128751-9 .
