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Tongue atrophy in mixed connective tissue disease
1Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, U.K.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case is reported of tongue atrophy in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and major myositic involvement. The case highlights oropharyngeal aspects of MCTD, including inability to wear dentures, dysarthria, and dysphagia. To our knowledge this is the first report of major tongue involvement in myositis as part of MCTD.