Conditions affecting the tongue

Non-infectious conditions
Aphthous ulcers
Behcet disease
Fissured tongue
Chronic ulcerative stomatitis
Cicatricial pemphigoid
Denture stomatitis
Erosive lichen planus
Erythema multiforme
Fissured tongue
Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis)
Lichen planus
Linear IgA bullous dermatosis
Nicotine stomatitis
Oral cancer
Oral dysaesthesia
Oral irritated fibroma
Oral leukoplakia
Oral lichenoid drug eruption
Oral lichen planus
Paraneoplastic pemphigus
Pemphigus vulgaris
Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans
Stevens Johnson syndrome / Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)
Stomatitis
Transient lingual papillitis
White sponge naevus

Infections
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
Enterovirus infections
Hairy leukoplakia
Hand foot and mouth disease
Herpangina
Herpes simplex (cold sores)
Herpes zoster (shingles)
Kawasaki disease
Measles
(thrush)
Scarlet fever (scarlatina)

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If you have any concerns with your skin or its treatment, see a dermatologist for advice.

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