The tongue is prone to several pathologies including glossitis and other inflammations such as geographic tongue, and median rhomboid glossitis; burning mouth syndrome, oral hairy leukoplakia, oral candidiasis ( thrush ) and black hairy tongue.
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"' Median rhomboid glossitis "'( MRG, also known as "'central papillary atrophy "', or "'glossal central papillary atrophy "'. ) is a condition characterized by an area of redness and loss of lingual dorsum of the tongue in the midline immediately in front of the circumvallate papillae.
