Spot Dx — Is the answer on the tip of the tongue?
Mary is a 58-year-old who presents with a two-year history of gradually worsening burning tongue pain.Â
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Mary is a 58-year-old who presents with a two-year history of gradually worsening burning tongue pain. This affects the anterior third of the tongue only.
Sweet food tastes oddly bitter and her mouth feels dry at times. She denies any altered sense of smell, dry mouth or ocular symptoms, and has no history of rhinitis or reflux.