Kaposi’s sarcoma can affect the cells lining mucous membranes, such as inside the mouth and tongue. It leads to lesions, or growths, on the skin of the tongue. Kaposi’s sarcoma is a vascular tumor, ...

White spots on your tongue could be due to an inflammatory condition like lichen planus or geographic tongue.

“I took a photo of my tongue and sent it to an actor friend of mine,” she told People. “We both have the same medical condition. It’s called geographic tongue. Your tongue sheds in patches and looks ...

Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, had her tongue rebuilt with a skin graft from her tattooed forearm Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and ...

A 60-year-old Black man with hypertension and type 2 diabetes presents with a 1-month history of a yellowish, green furry plaque on his tongue. He states that he drinks several cups of coffee and eats ...

It's the muscle we use every day for speaking, swallowing and tasting. But our tongue could also be an important indicator of our health and provide clues about what's going on within our body, ...

How many times have you been snacking away on a handful of chips or chewing a stick of gum and accidentally bit the inside of your cheek or tongue? Ouch. Small injuries like this, especially if you ...

Dermatologists explain what causes warts on the tongue (hint: a common STI) and the steps you can take to treat and prevent them. Maybe you noticed it while chewing. Or maybe your tongue rubbed up ...

LIMA, June 6 (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's daughter said on Friday that a lesion removed from her father's tongue was "cancerous," though a family doctor said the growth had ...

LIMA, Peru — Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is recovering satisfactorily after doctors removed a cancerous lesion from his tongue. Alejandro Aguinaga is Fujimori's personal physician. On ...