Answer To “what Is Your Diagnosis?” On P.22

ISSN: 1309-470X
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2010
Yayıncı: ACIBADEM MEHMET ALİ AYDINLAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Öz There are a number of lingual vascular papular lesions that serve as cutaneous signs of systemic disease, from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia HHT to the angiokeratomas of Fabry disease. In addition, sublingual varices and lymphangiomas may appear at the same site. In this case, the characteristic dilated round veins with typical localization and the absence of other systemic signs and symptoms were consistent with caviar tongue.

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