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Raynauds phenomenon of the tongue

Vincent Grmain a,b , Laetitia Richard a,b , Vincent Langlois a,b , Isabelle Marie a,b,
a
Department of Internal Medicine, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, 1, rue Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France
b
INSERM U 905, University of Rouen IFRMP, Institute for Biochemical Research, 76183 Rouen cedex, France

Fig. 1.

These pictures (Fig. 1) show pallor involving the tip of the Disclosure of interest
tongue consistent with Raynauds phenomenon. They were taken
on her mobile phone camera by a 27-year-old woman suffering The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing
from diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. She had Raynaud phe- interest.
nomenon of the hands and exhibited intermittent attacks of tongue
numbness, associated with exposure to cold or stress. Raynauds
phenomenon of the tongue is very rare and must be recognized to
avoid unnecessary investigations.

Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, Rouen University Hos-

pital, Rouen, 1, rue Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France.
E-mail address: isabelle.marie@chu-rouen.fr (I. Marie).

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