Image:Scorbutic tongue.jpg

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Summary

Description

This patient presented with a “scorbutic tongue” due to what proved to be a vitamin C deficiency.

The condition referred to as “scorbutic tongue”, i.e., related to scurvy, involves inflammation of the tongue, or glossitis, which includes areas of erythema and petechial submucosal hemorrhages.

Source

Public Health Image Library, ID#:6239

Date

1970

Author

CDC

Permission
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Public domain.


Licensing

Public domain This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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current 01:54, 6 November 2006 700×468 (56 KB) Anetode (colour)
16:50, 17 November 2005 700×468 (36 KB) Ske (http://phil.cdc.go ID#: 6239 inflammation of the tongue, a symptom of scurvy. category:scurvy)
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