[Glossopyrosis--diagnosis and therapy].

Abstract

Glossopyrosis (Glossodynie, Burning mouth syndrome) is not a independent diagnosis it is only a symptom of a lot clinical pictures. Local diseases like glossitis, allergies and tumors of the tongue are best known from ENT-doctors. But there are also gastrointestinal, immunologic, neurologic, psychiatric and dermatologic diseases cause glossopyrosis. Glossopyrosis may be the first symptom of HIV infection, Diabetes or a depression long before manifestation of the full clinical picture. Also dental materials and drugs are iatrogenic factors for glossopyrosis. The multifarious differential diagnosis were described and discussed.

• Authors: B Kramp, Sylke Graumüller
• Journal: Laryngo- rhino- otologie (Laryngorhinootologie) Vol. 83 Issue 4 Pg. 249-62; quiz 263-7 (Apr 2004) ISSN: 0935-8943 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Zungenbrennen--Diagnostik und Therapie.
• PMID: 15088200 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Comorbidity
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Glossalgia (classification, etiology)
• Glossitis, Benign Migratory (classification, etiology)
• Humans
• Patient Care Team
• Tongue Diseases (diagnosis)