lingual pain


lingual pain

Pain in the tongue that may be due to local lesions, glossitis, fissures, or pernicious anemia. Synonym: tongue painSee also: pain

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Q. tongue pain and brain tumor A. 2 cranial nerves (nerves that go out of the brain itself) are responsible for sensory innervation the tongue- the glossofaringial (the inner third of the tongue) and a branch of the trigeminal nerve. (outer two thirds of the tongue). the pain could indicate pressure of the tumor on each one of them- depends where it hurts...

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