Premium
A Case of Sarcoidosis Involving the Tongue
Author(s) -
Nagata Yoshiko,
Kanekura Takuro,
Kawabata Hisashi,
Shimomai Kouji,
Higashi Yuko,
Setoyama Mitsuru,
Kanzaki Tamotsu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb02069.x
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , tongue , pathological , medicine , lesion , dermatology , systemic disease , granulomatous disease , granuloma , pathology , disease
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder which commonly affects the skin. Involvement of the tongue is rare; a review of the previous literature over the last 30 years revealed only six cases of sarcoidosis affecting the tongue. We studied a case of sarcoidosis involving the tongue in a 32‐year‐old Japanese woman with characteristic clinical and pathological findings. She visited our department with a complaint of a tongue lesion of which she had been aware for a month. A diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made for the lesion by clinical and pathological examinations. Oral involvement by sarcoidosis is rare, however this disorder should be considered as a possible cause of intraoral granulomatous lesions.