Lingua geographica

Classification according to ICD-10
K14.1	Lingua geographica
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The lingua geographica or map tongue is a harmless change in the surface of the tongue . This is a constitutional anomaly . It arises from the rejection of the epithelium of the filiform papillae on the surface of the tongue ( papillae filiformes ) and is characterized by round or garland-shaped light, red or pink-colored spots with gray-white edges.

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See also

• Glossitis
• Coated tongue
• Hairy tongue
• Raspberry tongue for scarlet fever
• Lacquer tongue
• Leukoplakia
• Lingua plicata (tongue with longitudinal or transverse furrows, hereditary, harmless)
• Hunter glossitis in pernicious anemia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boenninghaus: Otolaryngology for students of medicine . 10th edition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1996, ISBN 3-540-60396-4 , pp. 277 f .

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