Geographic stomatitis: review of the literature and report of five cases

Taste evaluation in adolescents and pediatric patients with benign migratory glossitis

“…All the experimental group individuals had the BMG diagnosis confirmation by clinic parameters preconized by Brooks and Balciunas [19]. These parameters consider the clinical appearance, the pattern of migration, the absence of symptoms and chronicity of the lesions.…”

“…These receptors are found on specialized epithelial cells called the taste receptor cells [19]. These cells inform the body about the quality of food that will be potentially ingested and stimulates metabolic processes that prepare the alimentary canal for digestion.…”

Erythema Migrans—A Psoriasiform Lesion of the Oral Mucosa

“…These lesions may or may not occur simultaneously with or in patients with documented geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis). Brooks and Balciunas 9 reported 81% simultaneous occurrence of erythema migrans with geographic tongue. Fissured tongue occurs in 41% of individuals with erythema migrans 9 .…”

“…Lesions may persist without change—erythema circinata perstans—or change in presence, size, and location—erythema circinata migrans 1 . Migration of lesions has been reported to occur in 34% of patients 9 . These lesions may or may not occur simultaneously with or in patients with documented geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis).…”

Oral psoriasis: an atypical case

“…Geographic stomatitis is very rare [9,16] and usually shows flattened, circinate, erythematous areas surrounded by a keratotic border [15,17].…”