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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2016

A 57-year-old female patient complains of burning pain, dry mouth, sensation of a foreign body on the tongue back and lateral surfaces, which disappears in the process of eating. The first case of such symptoms was noted a year ago after psychological trauma. The patient suffers from pancreatic diabetes and sleep disturbance. Examination revealed the following: the tongue mucosa is without significant changes, moderately moistened. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Glossitis with fissured tongue
  2. Glossitis areata exfoliativa
  3. Hunter-Moeller’s glossitis
  4. Glossodynia
  5. Candidal glossitis
Correct answer

Glossodynia

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