Median rhomboid glossitis: key points - ROS - 2016 - Tome 45 - N°4

Dermatologie buccale

Pages 310 to 317

Drapeau de la France
Median rhomboid glossitis is a benign lesion of the tongue, described for the first time by Brocq in 1914. The prevalence is low, 0.01% to 1.0% in the general population (Goregen et al., 2011; Ghabanchi et al., 2011). It affects adults, particularly men with diabetes melitus, smokers and immunosuppressed subjects. Children are rarely affected by this pathology (Delemarre and Van der Waal, 1973).
Authors : A. GUYON, F. GAULTIER, P. GLASS, S.-M. DRIDI