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Initial presentation and resolution after biopsy. A typical lesion that supports a diagnosis of oral eosinophilic ulcers, i.e., a large and rounded ulceration on the tongue's dorsal surface. The ulceration also shows an elevated border and a yellowish exudate; 1B, - the photographic shows a completed healing of the ulceration along with a full re-papillation of the tongue within six weeks after a biopsy was taken.
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A 31 years old white woman was referred to our oral medicine clinic for evaluation of a painful lesion on her tongue of three week's duration (Figs. 1A, B).
The recurrent aspects of the case both pictures were self-taken, one on hard palate and the other on the lateral border of the tongue, with the purpose of showing the recurrent nature of the present case.
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The majority of the ulcers affected the tongue but she had one recurrence on the hard palate (Figs. 2A, B).