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What Kind Of Tongue Ailments Can Be Cancerous?
Hi i am suffering from tongue disorders and usually those are painless, i did extensive research on internet and looks like i have have all below symptoms:
1. Geographical tongue (black area towards front of the tongue on upper side)
2. Circumvallate papillae (red visible bumps, towards back of the tongue, upper side)
3. foliate papillae (tonsillar tissue) on the posterior lateral border of the tongue,
I just would like to know if you see any one of the above can be cancerous, i am more suspecting about the third one, please help.
1. Geographical tongue (black area towards front of the tongue on upper side)
2. Circumvallate papillae (red visible bumps, towards back of the tongue, upper side)
3. foliate papillae (tonsillar tissue) on the posterior lateral border of the tongue,
I just would like to know if you see any one of the above can be cancerous, i am more suspecting about the third one, please help.
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Thanks for asking the question.
First of all you should not worry at all as all your symptoms do not indicate any form of cancer. These are all normal or variation of normal development. Rest assured.
regards
First of all you should not worry at all as all your symptoms do not indicate any form of cancer. These are all normal or variation of normal development. Rest assured.
regards
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