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06-01-2022 | Opportunistic Infection | Other Articles

Pathophysiology and Management of Tongue Involvement in COVID-19 Patients

Authors: Zeinab Mohseni Afshar, Mohammad Barary, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Alireza Janbakhsh, Mandana Afsharian, Amirhossein Hasanpour, Arefeh Babazadeh

Published in: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery | Special Issue 2/2022

Abstract

Evaluate the lingual manifestations of COVID-19, and provide a clinical guide in managing these symptoms. Electronic databases, such as PubMed/Medline, and Scopus were searched until November 1, 2020, and only randomized controlled trials, cross-sectional and cohort studies, as well as case reports and series, and review articles in English were considered. A total of 40 studies were included in this study. Lingual involvement has been extensively reported in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The most common features of lingual involvements were red or light red, yellow coating, and greasy coating tongue, though other complications, such as pale, purple, white coating, grayish-black coating, rough, tender, puffy, spotty, prickles, fissured, and tooth-marked tongue was also reported. Poor oral hygiene, opportunistic infections (OIs), medications, and hyper-inflammatory response to infection are the most common predisposing factors for the onset of oral lesions in patients with COVID-19. In conclusion, the current review described the lingual manifestations of COVID-19, and as oral complaints are relatively common in COVID-19 patients, an intraoral examination should be conducted in all suspected cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Title: Pathophysiology and Management of Tongue Involvement in COVID-19 Patients
Authors: Zeinab Mohseni Afshar
Mohammad Barary
Soheil Ebrahimpour
Alireza Janbakhsh
Mandana Afsharian
Amirhossein Hasanpour
Arefeh Babazadeh
Publication date: 06-01-2022
Publisher: Springer India
Keywords: Opportunistic Infection
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Halitosis
Halitosis
Intraoral Examination
Published in: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery / Issue Special Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 2231-3796
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7707
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-03052-3

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