glossitis
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Scarlet fever usually gives rise to a slight inflammation of the mouth followed by desquamation, but more rarely it is accompanied by a most severe oedematous stomatitis with glossitis and tonsillitis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Surgical Anatomy—Wounds—Dental ulcer—Inflammatory affections:Acute parenchymatous glossitis and hemi-glossitis;Mercurial glossitis;Chronic superficial glossitis;Leucoplakia;Smoker's patch—Tuberculous disease;Syphilitic affections;Sclerosing glossitis;Gummas;Ulcers and fissures—Tumours:Carcinoma;Sarcoma;Innocent tumours;Cysts—Thyreo-glossal tumours and cysts—Malformations:Absence;bifid tongue;Tongue-tie;Excessive length of frenum;Macroglossia;Atrophy—Nervous affections.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The tongue may share in the swelling—mercurial glossitis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Chronic superficial glossitis associated with leucoplakia, and syphilitic fissures, ulcers, or scars, also act as predisposing factors.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The disease is probably due to congenital defect aggravated by frequent attacks of glossitis, and the treatment consists in the removal of the protruding portions by the knife, ligation, the cautery, or ecraseur.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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