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Geographic stomatitis with palate involvement* * Study conducted at the Department of Dentistry, Timone Hospital, Aix Marseille University, Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France.

Abstract:

Benign migratory glossitis or geographic tongue is a benign condition that usually manifests as asymptomatic erythematous and migratory circinate patches, involving the lateral and dorsal aspects of the tongue. Extra-lingual lesions uncommonly occur and are mainly located on labial and buccal mucosae, lips and floor of the mouth. The present report describes one patient with a geographic lesion on the hard palate associated with lingual lesions and another patient who had multiple geographic lesions both in the hard and soft palate without lingual lesions. We found 64 cases in the English literature of ectopic locations with 22 palate involvement. No case of simultaneous involvement of the hard and the soft palate was found.

Keywords:
Glossitis, benign migratory; Palate, hard; Palate, soft; Psoriasis

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