Glossitis, Benign Migratory
"Glossitis, Benign Migratory" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An idiopathic disorder characterized by the loss of filiform papillae leaving reddened areas of circinate macules bound by a white band. The lesions heal, then others erupt.
| Descriptor ID |
D005929
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.910.363.447
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| Concept/Terms |
Glossitis, Benign Migratory- Glossitis, Benign Migratory
- Benign Migratory Glossitis
- Migratory Glossitis, Benign
- Tongue, Geographic
- Glossitis Areata Exfoliativa
- Geographic Tongue
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