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February 2010: Extensive superficial ulceration of the left ventral tongue

Dolphine Oda, BDS, MSc
doda@u.washington.edu

Contributed by
Dr. Francis Collins
Oral Surgery, Wenatchee, WA

Case Summary and Diagnostic Information

This is an 87-year-old white female referred by her general dentist for the evaluation of a large, irregular, mostly superficial and ulcerated red and white lesion on the left lateral and ventral surfaces of tongue of unknown duration (Figure 1).

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