Fungiform papillary glossitis: atopic disease in the mouth?

Abstract

Atopic people are more likely than the normal community to have inflammation of the fungiform papillae of their tongue which correlates with a history of a sensitive tongue manifest as irritation by heat and certain foods. These data suggest that atopic disease may occur in the mouth as a common inflammatory change on the tongue-fungiform papillary glossitis.

Burning mouth syndrome and psychological disorders

“…38 The proposed link is that tongue scalloping is caused by either glossopalatal disproportion alone or in combination with macroglossia. 37 The current authors' position supports a revision of this listing, with an upgrading of the importance of tongue scalloping in patients with oral dysaesthesias. In many patients there is a gradual progression from a low-grade leukoedema on the posterolateral and lateral margins of the tongue to a prominent scalloping on the anterolateral and anterior margins.…”

“…There is also some evidence for a relationship between increased inflammation and erythema of the fungiform papillae and atopy. 37 However, in the context of the current discussion, the prominence of fungiform papillae restricted to the anterior dorsum of the tongue with an essentially normal distribution elsewhere seems related to repetitive habitual abrasion of the normal tongue surface against the adjacent tissues and exposure of underlying fungiform papillae. Figures 1-3 provide examples of this.…”

Transient Lingual Papillitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…1-5 gün içinde papillalar normale dön-mekte, ağrı spontan olarak gerilemekte, ancak tekrarlayabilmektedir. [1][2][3][5][6][7][8] Bu olguda da lezyonlar literatürle uyumlu şekilde 3 günde bir oluşup birkaç saat içinde kaybolmakta idi.…”

“…6,[9][10][11] Erüptif lingual papillit varyantı, tipik olarak çocuklarda üst solunum yolu enfeksiyonu sonrası görülmekte ve filiform papillalar da tutulabilmektedir. 11 Papülo keratotik varyant, dil üzerinde beyaz ağrılı/ağrısız papüllerle karakterizedir.…”

Fungiform papillary glossitis: a ‘new’ diagnosis or a ‘misdiagnosis'?

“…S ir , We read with interest the report by Marks et al 1 . entitled ‘Fungiform papillary glossitis: atopic disease in the mouth?’, which concluded that ‘atopic people are more likely than the normal community to have inflammation of the fungiform papillae of their tongue which correlates with a history of a sensitive tongue manifest as irritation by heat and certain foods’ 1 . The authors suggest that ‘atopic disease may occur in the mouth as a common inflammatory change on the tongue—fungiform papillary glossitis’.…”