Strawberry tongue

Background

• Hypertrophied lingual papillae,initially with white exudate

Inciting Causes

• Scarlet Fever
• Kawasaki's Disease

Differential Diagnosis

Tongue diagnoses

• Tongue laceration
• Strawberry tongue
• Black hairy tongue
• Oropharyngeal candidiasis (oral thrush)
• Hairy Oral Leukoplakia
• Tongue swelling
  • Trauma
  • Angioedema
    • Hereditary
    • Allergic (ACE)
    • Idiopathic

See Also

• Tongue Diagnoses