What is the etiology of geographic (benign migratory) tongue in a 7‑year‑old child with a three‑month history and no other oral lesions?

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Geograafiline keel on healoomuline idiopaatiline seisund, mille täpne etioloogia jääb ebaselgeks

Geograafilise keele (benigne migreeriv glossiit) etioloogia on teadmata, kuigi seostatakse seda immunoloogiliste, geneetiliste ja mikrobioloogiliste teguritega. 1, 2

Peamised etioloogilised tegurid ja seosed

Idiopaatiline põletikuline seisund

  • Geograafiline keel on krooniline, immunoloogiline, mittespetsiifiline põletikuline häire, mille täpne põhjus pole teada 3
  • Histoloogiliselt näitab mittespetsiifilist põletikku 2

Võimalikud seotud tegurid 7-aastasel lapsel:

Geneetilised ja immunoloogilised aspektid:

  • Vanusega seotud - levinum noortel inimestel 2
  • Geneetiline eelsoodumus (HLA-C*06 marker) 4
  • Immunoloogilised tegurid 2

Seosed teiste seisunditega:

  • Psoriaas - kõige tugevam seos, jagavad histoloogilist sarnasust ja ühist geneetilist markerit 4
  • Atoopia või allergilised seisundid 2, 5
  • Lõhestunud keel (84% patsientidest) 6
  • Emotsionaalne stress 2

Mikrobioloogilised tegurid:

  • Kasvav tõendusmaterjal viitab teatud suubakterite osalusele 1
  • Seosed seedetrakti haigustega 2, 5

Oluline kliiniline kontekst

Kuna teie patsiendil pole muid suuõõne kahjustusi ja seisund on kestnud 3 kuud:

  • See on tüüpiline healoomuline kulg 3
  • Enamik patsiente on asümptomaatilised 2, 3
  • Seisund iseloomustub ägenemiste ja remissioonide vaheldumisega 3
  • Prognoos on hea 2

Mida hinnata

Kuigi etioloogia on ebaselge, tuleks välistada:

  • Psoriaasi olemasolu või perekondlik anamnees (kõige olulisem seos) 4
  • Allergilised seisundid või atoopia 2, 5
  • Seedetrakti sümptomid 5, 7
  • Ärevus või stress 2

Oluline meeles pidada

Geograafiline keel ei ole haavand ega nõua tavaliselt ravi peale patsiendi/vanema rahustamist seisundi healoomulise olemuse kohta 3. Esitatud juhendid 8 käsitlevad keerulisi suuhaavandeid, mis ei ole selle patsiendi puhul asjakohased, kuna geograafiline keel ei ole haavandiliste kahjustuste kategoorias.

References

1
Research

Geographic tongue: What is this disease?

Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG, 2023

2
Research

[Research progress on the risk factors of geographic tongue].

Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology, 2015

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