title: Annular plaques on the tongue: what is your diagnosis?
abstract: Geographic tongue is an inflammatory disorder of the tongue characterized by asymptomatic erythematous patches with serpiginous borders. Candidiasis of the tongue may be confused with geographic tongue. A 63-year-old male patient with painful white annular lesions localized to the left side of his tongue is presented. He applied topical corticosteroid and antiinflammatory agents, but his lesions did not respond to those therapies. Using direct mycologic examination and culture, the patient was diagnosed with candidiasis. After systemic and topical antifungal therapy, clinical improvement was observed. With this case, the clinical forms of oral candidiasis were discussed, and it was suggested that the clinical presentation of mucosal candidiasis may vary according to the stage of infection and individual immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuba Çelebĺ
authors.initials: TÇ
authors.lastname: Kayhan
authors.forename: Cemal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bĺlaç
authors.forename: Dilek Bayraktar
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Bĺlaç
authors.forename: Talat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ecemĺş
authors.forename: Aylin Türel
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ermertcan