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Cerebriform tongue—a clinical sign in pemphigus vegetans
Author(s) -
PREMALATHA S.,
JAYAKUMAR S.,
YESUDIAN PATRICK,
THAMBIAH A.S.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2133.1981.tb08177.x
Subject(s) - tongue , pemphigus , medicine , sign (mathematics) , dermatology , pathology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
SUMMARY Ten cases of pemphigus vegetans of Neumann type are reported. Six of these showed clinically distinctive changes in the tongue for which the term cerebriform tongue is proposed. Histological examination of the tongue showed typical features of pemphigus vegetans.