Strawberry tongue: Difference between revisions
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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
[[File:Scharlach.jpg|thumb|Red "strawberry tongue" in a patient with [[scarlet fever]].]] | [[File:Scharlach.jpg|thumb|Red "strawberry tongue" in a patient with [[scarlet fever]].]] | ||
[[File:Kawasaki symptoms B.jpg|thumb|Distinct strawberry tongue with "parched" lips as seen in a young child with [[Kawasaki disease]].]] | |||
*Red "strawberry" tongue | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 6 January 2022
Background
- Hypertrophied lingual papillae,initially with white exudate
- Common causes:
Clinical Features
Red "strawberry tongue" in a patient with scarlet fever.
Distinct strawberry tongue with "parched" lips as seen in a young child with Kawasaki disease.
- Red "strawberry" tongue
Differential Diagnosis
Tongue diagnoses
- Tongue laceration
- Strawberry tongue
- Black hairy tongue
- Oropharyngeal candidiasis (oral thrush)
- Hairy Oral Leukoplakia
- Tongue swelling
- Trauma
- Angioedema
- Hereditary
- Allergic (ACE)
- Idiopathic
Evaluation
Management
- Based on underlying cause
Disposition
- Based on underlying cause