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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Stomatitis, Red Lesions
• Allergy
• Anemia: atrophic reddened glossal mucosa seen with pernicious anemia
• Benign migratory glossitis (geographic tongue): area of atrophic depapillated mucosa surrounded by a keratotic border; benign lesion, no treatment required
• Burning tongue (glossopyrosis): normal examination; sometimes associated with denture trauma, anemia, diabetes, vitamin B12 deficiency, psychogenic problems
• Candidiasis may present with red instead of the more frequent white lesion (see Stomatitis, White Lesions). Median rhomboid glossitis is a chronic variant.
• Erythroplakia: red patch usually caused by epithelial dysplasia or squamous cell carcinoma
• Hemangiomas
• Histoplasmosis: ill-defined irregular patch with a granulomatous surface, sometimes ulcerated
• Allergy
• Anemia: atrophic reddened glossal mucosa seen with pernicious anemia
• Benign migratory glossitis (geographic tongue): area of atrophic depapillated mucosa surrounded by a keratotic border; benign lesion, no treatment required
• Burning tongue (glossopyrosis): normal examination; sometimes associated with denture trauma, anemia, diabetes, vitamin B12 deficiency, psychogenic problems
• Candidiasis may present with red instead of the more frequent white lesion (see Stomatitis, White Lesions). Median rhomboid glossitis is a chronic variant.
• Erythroplakia: red patch usually caused by epithelial dysplasia or squamous cell carcinoma
• Hemangiomas
• Histoplasmosis: ill-defined irregular patch with a granulomatous surface, sometimes ulcerated
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