ORAL SARCOIDOSIS WITH TONGUE INVOLVEMENT

Authors
SOTO AS VALENTIN PL GONZALEZ LMR CRUZ CSS HERNANDEZ AV
Citation
As. Soto et al., ORAL SARCOIDOSIS WITH TONGUE INVOLVEMENT, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 83(6), 1997, pp. 668-671
Citations number
14
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
83
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
668 - 671
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1997)83:6<668:OSWTI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A case of oral sarcoidosis involving the tongue and buccal region is r eported in a 56-year-old woman. Intraoral presentations of sarcoidosis are uncommon, and sarcoidosis of the tongue is particularly rare. In this case the tongue lesion was asymptomatic, an unusual clinical beha vior. In this article, we review the clinical manifestations, diagnost ic procedures, differential diagnosis and treatments of oral sarcoidos is.