title: Glossodynia and other disorders of the tongue.
abstract: This article discusses the approach to diagnosis and management of disorders of the tongue. These disorders include glossodynia, geographic tongue and smooth tongue, fissured tongue, and black hairy tongue and furred tongue. A brief review of the examination of the tongue is also included.
authors.affiliation: Regional Center of Dermatology, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005926:Glossalgia / Q000209:etiology; D005928:Glossitis / Q000209:etiology; D005929:Glossitis, Benign Migratory / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014063:Tongue, Fissured / Q000209:etiology; D014064:Tongue, Hairy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy