page_title: Tongue disease
section_title: Neoplastic
hierarchical_section_title: Tongue disease / Acquired / Neoplastic
caption_attribution_description: Zungencarcinom
context_page_description: Tongue diseases can be congenital or acquired, and are multiple in number. Considered according to a surgical sieve, some example conditions which can involve the tongue are discussed below. Glossitis is a general term for tongue inflammation, which can have various etiologies, e.g. infection.
context_section_description: The sides (lateral) and undersurface (ventral) of the tongue are high risk sites for the development of oral cancer, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
caption: Oral cancer on the side of the tongue
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