Median Rhomboid Glossitis Is Associated With. Treatment is topical antifungal medications. Median rhomboid glossitis is often asymptomatic and is found by a dental professional during a routine care assessment.
Sometimes a kissing lesion develops on the palate directly opposite from the tongue lesion. Atrophic glossitis is often linked to an underlying nutritional deficiency of iron. Median rhomboid glossitis is a condition characterized by an area of redness and loss of lingual papillae on the central dorsum of the tongue sometimes including lesions of the tongue and palate.
Red patch usually 2 3 cm long in posterior midline dorsal tongue just anterior to v shaped grouping of circumvallate papillae with loss of papillae or taste buds.
Median rhomboid glossitis is currently thought to represent a chronic fungal candidiasis infection in this area of the tongue see patient information sheet oral yeast infections. Treatment is topical antifungal medications. It is a benign lesion that shows a marked male predilection and occurs in less than 1 of adult population. Red patch usually 2 3 cm long in posterior midline dorsal tongue just anterior to v shaped grouping of circumvallate papillae with loss of papillae or taste buds.
