Paint tongue - Altmeyers Encyclopedia - Department Allergology

Synonym(s)

Liver Tongue

Definition
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Lacquer-like shining, striking red, almost always coating-free tongue of coarse consistency with regular fields and a moderately moist mucosal surface.

Occurrence/Epidemiology
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The "red, smooth liver tongue" is not specific and not present in every case of severe hepatopathy. Nutritive deficiency or metabolic diseases are almost always present, e.g. recurrent ulcerations in enteritis regionalis.

s.a. Glossitis Möller-Hunter

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