Abstract

Inspection of tongue helps in identifying systemic illnesses like anemia, cyanosis, nutritional deficiencies, and localized abnormalities like lichen planus, infections and tumors. Vascular tumors like hemangioma and lymphangioma show endothelial cell proliferation and dilated lymphatics respectively, while Kaposi's sarcoma shows tumor cells composed of vascular spaces and spindle cells on histology.

Details

Title
Caviar tongue
Author
Viswanath, Vishalakshi; Nair, Seema; Chavan, Nisarg; Torsekar, Raghunandan
Pages
78-9
Publication year
2011
Publication date
Jan/Feb 2011
Publisher
Scientific Scholar
ISSN
03786323
e-ISSN
19983611
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
850432293
Copyright
Copyright Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd. Jan/Feb 2011