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Papilas Fungiformes Pigmentadas de la Lengua. Características Clínicas, Histológicas y Dermatoscópicas de una Serie de Casos Ecuatorianos

RESUMEN: Las papilas fungiformes pigmentadas de la lengua, cuyas siglas son PFPT, del inglés Pigmented fungiform papillae of the tongue, es una condición asintomática, no progresiva que se presenta en personas de piel oscura, en las cuales las papilas fungiformes cambian de su color rosado natural, a ...

Necrosis lingual como forma de presentación de arteritis temporal
Lingual necrosis as a form of presentation of temporary arteritis

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (6), 2019
La arteritis de células gigantes es una vasculitis sistémica que compromete arterias de mediano y gran calibre, principalmente la arteria aorta y sus ramas. Su prevalencia es mayor en mujeres a partir de los 50 años, típicamente se manifiesta con fiebre, claudicación mandibular, cefalea, hiperestesi...

Relationship Between Glycemic Control and Coated Tongue in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Xerostomia

Abstract Objective: To examine the relationship between the level of glycemic control and coated tongue in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with xerostomia. Material and Methods: This study was an analytical survey and involved 64 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, aged between 17 to 65 years old with...

Repercussão da anquiloglossia em neonatos: diagnóstico, classificação, consequências clÍnicas e tratamento
Repercussion of ankyloglossia in neonates: diagnosis, classification, clinical consequences and treatment

Rev. Salusvita (Online); 38 (4), 2019
Introdução: A anquiloglossia é uma anomalia congênita que envolve alterações morfofuncionais no frênulo lingual e que pode estar atrelada às condições genéticas; apresentando-se em maior frequência no sexo masculino; e caracteriza-se por limitar os movimentos linguais. Com isso, pode contribu...

Manejo Quirúrgico de Múltiples Condilomas de la Mucosa Oral en Paciente Bajo Terapia Antirretroviral de Gran Actividad

RESUMEN: El objetivo de este estudio fue reportar un caso clínico donde se realizó el manejo quirúrgico de múltiples condilomas de la mucosa oral en un paciente infectado por Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) bajo Terapia Antirretroviral de Gran Actividad (TARGA). Hombre de 58 años en tratamie...

Coexistence of resistance to thyroid hormone and ectopic thyroid: ten-year follow-up

SUMMARY Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) coexisting with ectopic thyroid is rare. Here we report a case of RTH with ectopic thyroid. A ten-year-old girl had been misdiagnosed as congenital hypothyroidism and treated with levothyroxine since she was born. Ten-year follow-up showed that the elevated thy...

Case report: tongue gangrene and oropharyngeal carcinoma

Clin. biomed. res; 36 (3), 2016
Gangrene of the tongue is a condition rarely described in the literature. It generally occurs in association with temporal arteritis and other vasculitides. We described a rare case of tongue necrosis associated with oropharyngeal carcinoma. A 67-male patient, previously submitted to exclusive radiothera...

Syndrome in Question

An. bras. dermatol; 89 (4), 2014
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome also known as Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia is a rare systemic fibrovascular dysplasia, with dominant autosomal inheritance. It is characterized by recurrent epistaxis, mucocutaneous telangiectasia, visceral arteriovenous malformation and positive family history. There ...