When your tongue experiences excess damage and cannot adequately repair and regenerate the cells, you can develop inflammation, swelling, and atrophy. Other Changes ...

When this occurs the tongue tends to look smooth and glossy, explains the Cleveland Clinic. In most cases, vitamin deficiencies are found to be the cause of atrophy of the tongue, particularly ...

Long-term nerve dysfunction can lead to disuse atrophy of muscles on one side of the tongue — you'll notice one side of your tongue is wasted and smaller than the other.

Clinical atrophy patterns of filiform papillae of the tongue and their relationship with the serum levels of iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid in patients with systemic diseases, International ...

The fissured tongue is another variant of normal morphology occasionally noted by patients. A central fissure or multiple lateral fissures (Figure 3) on the dorsal tongue is frequent in the aging ...

Oral manifestations are often an early signal of systemic disease, so ­recognizing them can point the way to a prompt diagnosis.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of diseases that impact motor neurons, a special type of cell in your spinal cord and brain. These neurons control movement in your arms, legs, chest, face ...

Inflammatory tongue conditions, overall and primarily glossitis, other specified inflammatory tongue conditions (eg, atrophy and hypertrophy), and other unspecified inflammatory tongue conditions were ...

Glossitis is an inflammation of the tongue. Find more information on glossitis, including symptoms, causes, types, and treatment.