Diagnosis: Nutritional deficiency
Description: Loss of tongue papillae and an angular cheilitis.
Morphology: Erosions
Site: Tongue
Sex: F
Age: 67
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ian McColl
Differential Diagnosis
History:
This patient has a mixed nutritional deficiency of zinc and Iron with a glazed tongue, angular cheilitis and perioral erythema, erosions, peeling and small pustules due to candida.