A 60-year-old male with a 2-week history of tongue and mouth burning. The lateral tongue was positive for C. albicans fungus inflammation. The black arrow identifies a white tongue lesion. The patient

“My tongue used to burn so bad that I was scared and distracted all the time. Without exaggerating, it felt lethal. Other doctors ignored me, but Dr. Klemons found out why it was hurting so badl

Burning Mouth Syndrome-A Report of 3 Cases Mingi Chan-Liao Dept. of Anesthesia, Jen-Ai Hospital, Tali, Taichung, Taiwan The burning mouth syndrome(BMS) is a relatively common intraoral disorder

I used to sit on the floor and push my head against the wall as hard as I could while screaming from the pain. I couldn’t even talk to the doctors I went to and now I barely remember how terrible it

Patient Profile: Extremely healthy 59 year old male who barely looks as if he's approaching his 40s Medication prior to Gastroscope 1) Aciphex 20 mg (antacid) 2) Synthyroid 0.1 mg (Taking it once a

Salivary levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α in patients with burning mouth syndrome Accepted 16 May 2009. Abstract Objective To compare salivary IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α levels

Media file 4: A 55-year-old female with tongue burning for 15 months. The history for cancer risk factors was negative. Examination failed to reveal any systemic or local causes. Diagnosis of burning

A 63-year-old female presents with tongue discomfort lasting 6 months. She had a right tongue squamous cell carcinoma that extended to the regional lymphatics. She was treated with combined modality t

A 29-year-old female presents with tongue irritation. A diagnosis of benign migratory glossitis (geographic tongue) is made by the appearance. The portions of the tongue with atrophic filiform papil

UCLA Department of Medicine - Burning Mouth Syndrome Wed, 25-Oct-2006 Annapoorna Chirra, M.D. access@mednet.ucla.edu Case Report A 57-year-old female presented with complaints of persistent bu