title: [Epidemiologic survey of tongue lesions and analysis of the etiologic factors involved].
abstract: The prevalence of tongue lesions, and relationships with different systemic diseases, according to the international literature of epidemiologic studies were reviewed. The data were compared with a Hungarian investigation of 5034 individuals, between 1992 and 1995 in Budapest. Tongue lesions were found in 22.76% of the examined individuals. The ratio was similar in women (51%) and men (49%). Fissured tongue was found in 21.49%, geographic tongue in 2.21%, atrophic tongue in 0.12% and central papillar atrophy in 0.70%. These data agree in general with the epidemiological data found in the international literature. Some rare tongue alterations were also investigated. Lingua indentata was found in 1.49% and hypertrophy of papillae foliatae was found in 0.20%. The relationship with different systemic diseases was the following: In diabetes mellitus tongue lesions were found in 29.03%, in hypertension in 28.63%, connected to heart- and vascular diseases in 25.15%, to haematologic diseases in 17.54%. Tongue lesions were found in 23.86% in the case of liver disease, in 22.38% in gastrointestinal diseases and in 20.69% associated to tumors. In the case of Candida's infection tongue alterations were found in 41.6%, in smokers in 23.72%. Tongue lesions caused complaints rarely, only in 2.27%. The recognition of tongue lesions may be helpful in the early diagnosis of systemic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem, Fogorvostudományi Kar Orálbiológiai, Tanszék.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vörös-Balog
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dombi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vincze
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bánóczy
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005929:Glossitis, Benign Migratory / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014063:Tongue, Fissured / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: A nyelvelváltozások epidemiológiai felmérése és aetiológiai tényezöinek vizsgálata.