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  1. J.P.C. Peper

    J.P.C. Peper Bronze Member

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    What’s your diagnosis?

    This is not lingua nigra. It has some kind of environmental cause.

    I’ll post the correct a answer in about three days!

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    J.P.C. Peper, Jul 18, 2012
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    it could be a bacterial/yeast infection, or maybe a case of arsenic poisoning
     

    beakardos, Jul 18, 2012
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    Is this patient taking chemotherapy for any malignancy?
    if so this can be a chemotherapy-Induced hyper-pigmentation of his tongue
     

    lakmalDJ, Jul 18, 2012
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    I agree with Lakmal
     

    taapataas, Jul 18, 2012
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    Geographic tongue?
     

    Gospodin Seki, Jul 18, 2012
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    Chemotherapy-induced hyperpigmentation of the tongue.

    A common side-effect of chemotherapy, especially when using doxorubicin or cyclophosphamide. It should resolve spontaneously in about 12 weeks.
     

    J.P.C. Peper, Jul 21, 2012
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