Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue - A distinct entity

M.Sathya Kumar; R.Karthik; K.T.Magesh; R.Aravindhan; A.Sivachandran

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue - A distinct entity

M. Sathya Kumar, R. Karthik, K. T. Magesh, R. Aravindhan, A. Sivachandran

Abstract :

Oral mucosa is the common site for ulcerations to occur and traumatic ulcers are frequent amongst them. Traumatic ulcerations occur in sites that may be injured by teeth, like tongue, lips and buccal mucosa. Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia is a benign, self-limiting lesion with unknown etiology and presents as a round, elevated ulcers with indurated borders which is often confused with malignancy. Trauma to the oral mucosa results in surface ulcerations which usually heals within days but may remain for extended periods of time in certain instances. Herewith we report a case of eosinophilic ulcer with review of clinical, pathological and differential diagnosis.