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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan-Feb;100(1):188-190.
doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2024.01.008. Epub 2024 Nov 8.

Plaque psoriasis on the tongue: case report

Lucas Campos Garcia  1 , Nicole Vieira Schwan  2 , Jésus Faria Rosa Júnior  3 , Andrea Machado Coelho Ramos  2
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Case Reports

Plaque psoriasis on the tongue: case report

Lucas Campos Garcia et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2025 Jan-Feb.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Whitish plaques on the tongue.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histopathological findings of the tongue lesion. (A) Squamous mucosa showing hyperplastic psoriasiform epithelium (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×100). (B) Munro’s microabscess (arrow; Hematoxylin & eosin, ×400).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Total improvement of the plaques after alcohol consumption cessation treatment with local corticosteroids.
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