A white tongue can look alarming, but it is often harmless. The thin white layer could just be a collection of dead cells, bacteria and remnants of food on the tongue. Sometimes it's more noticeable ...

A 73-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with a sensation of fullness in his mouth that began two months prior. The patient described the sensation as a “funny feeling in the back of ...

A 47-year-old woman presented with a solitary raised lesion on her tongue that developed 1 week earlier. Initially, the lesion was red, but it changed to white-pink. It was not painful and did not ...

Looking in the mirror and seeing random white patches or a thin, white film on your tongue can be worrisome. It might just be poor oral hygiene or dehydration, but it may also be a sign of medical ...

The phrase 'a canker sore has appeared' is often used collectively when something appears on the tongue. A canker sore is transient lingual papillitis, a temporary inflammation of the small papillae ...

Kaposi’s sarcoma can affect the cells lining mucous membranes, such as inside the mouth and tongue. It leads to lesions, or growths, on the skin of the tongue. Kaposi’s sarcoma is a vascular tumor, ...