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Is having irregular patches of discoloration on the tongue a mark of something?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No: Sounds like geographic tongue to me. Make sure you see your physician to confirm that. It usually is a benign condition.
Answered 5/19/2015
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Tongue looks patchy: The tongue is known to have many variations with pigmenting, size, appearance, & not always due to disease. Causes of tongue that looks patchy include: lichen planus (responds to steroids), white sponge nevus (familial, benign, permanent), smoker's leukoplakia (2% risk of cancer, needs biopsy), hairy leukoplakia (due to epsteinbarr virus), warts (due to papillomavirus), "thrush" (rx antifungals).
Answered 7/20/2012
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