Congenital melanotic lingual macules
Author
Silecchia, Valeria
Valerio, Enrico
Berti, Irene
Morandi, Francesco
Cutrone, Mario
Grimalt Santacana, Ramon
Publication date
2019ISSN
2413-8223
Abstract
We here present five cases of congenital melanotic lingual macules seen in our hospital. All the patients were healthy and normally thriving. A close follow-up showed that lesions were non-evolutive and allowed us to exclude malignancies. Pigmented oral lesions may show great variability in presentation, hue, number, size, and location in the oral cavity. Congenital, stable lesions generally raise less concern than acquired and/or rapidly evolving spots. As for tongue lesions, an accurate patient history and thorough head-to-toe physical examination in search for other lesions or stigmata of known syndromes is -in most cases- sufficient to exclude malignancies. Lesion excision should therefore not represent the first choice if a close clinical follow up can be established.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
616.5 - Skin. Common integument. Clinical dermatology. Cutaneous complaints
Keywords
Dermatologia pediàtrica
Ferides i lesions
Llengua (Anatomia) -- Malalties
Dermatología pediátrica
Heridas y lesiones
Lengua -- Enfermedades
Pediatric dermatology
Wounds and injuries
Tongue -- Diseases
Pages
3
Publisher
ACT Publishing Group Limited
Collection
4; 2
Is part of
Journal of Dermatological Research
Citation
Silecchia, Valeria; Valerio, Enrico; Berti, Irene [et al.]. Congenital melanotic lingual macules. Journal of Dermatological Research, 2019, 4(2), p. 167-169. Disponible en: <http://www.ghrnet.org/index.php/jdr/article/view/2727>. Fecha de acceso: 20 abr. 2021. DOI: 10.17554/j.issn.2413-8223.2019.04.46-1
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