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Tongue lesions in generalized pustular psoriasis
Author(s) -
DAWSON T. A. J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb13080.x
Subject(s) - generalized pustular psoriasis , tongue , psoriasis , medicine , dermatology , glossitis , pustular psoriasis , pathology
SUMMARY The appearance of the tongue has been recorded in ten consecutive patients suffering from generalized pustular psoriasis and in 1000 consecutive dermatology patients. Tongue lesions similar to geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) are frequently seen in patients suffering from generalized pustular psoriasis and an unusually high proportion of patients with generalized pustular psoriasis also have heavily fissured tongues. Moreover, it seems probable that the presence of geographic tongue or heavy fissuring of the tongue in an otherwise apparently normal individual indicates that he or she may possess a propensity to develop generalized pustular psoriasis.