A case of sarcoidosis involving the tongue.
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder which commonly affects the skin. Involvement of the tongue is rare; a review of the previous literature over the last 30 years revealed only six cases of sarcoidosis affecting the tongue. We studied a case of sarcoidosis involving the tongue in a 32-year-old Japanese woman with characteristic clinical and pathological findings. She visited our department with a complaint of a tongue lesion of which she had been aware for a month. A diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made for the lesion by clinical and pathological examinations. Oral involvement by sarcoidosis is rare, however this disorder should be considered as a possible cause of intraoral granulomatous lesions.
Nagata
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Department of Dermatology, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Kanekura
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T
Kawabata
H
H
Shimomai
K
K
Higashi
Y
Y
Setoyama
M
M
Kanzaki
T
T
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones