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<p><strong>Geographic tongue</strong> is also known as <strong>benign migratory <font color="#0066cc">glossitis</font></strong>, <strong><font color="#0066cc">erythema migrans</font></strong>, or <strong>continental tongue</strong>. The <font color="#0066cc">colloquial</font> names are due to the condition resembling a <font color="#0066cc">map</font>.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Symptoms</span></h2>
<h2><span class="mw-headline">Histopathology</span></h2>
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<div class="thumbinner" style="WIDTH: 182px"><img class="thumbimage" height="135" alt="" width="180" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Geographic_Tongue.jpg/180px-Geographic_Tongue.jpg" width="180" border="0" />
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<div class="magnify"><img height="11" alt="" width="15" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" /></div>
Another example of geographic tongue, showing strong color contrast between the red and white areas.</div>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h2>
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<li><a class="external text" title="http://www.drgreene.com/21_784.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_784.html" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc">Dr Greene</font></a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.maxillofacialcenter.com/BondBook/mucosa/geogtongue.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.maxillofacialcenter.com/BondBook/mucosa/geogtongue.html" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc">Maxillofacial center</font></a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/geographic-tongue/DS00819" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/geographic-tongue/DS00819" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc">Notes etymology</font></a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?PageID=4&diseaseID=6493" rel="nofollow" href="http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?PageID=4&diseaseID=6493" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc">Geographic tongue</font></a> at <a title="National Institutes of Health" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health"><font color="#0066cc">NIH</font></a>'s Office of <a title="Rare disease" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_disease"><font color="#0066cc">Rare Diseases</font></a> </li>
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