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Persisting Afebrile Swelling of the Lips and Tongue: An Unusual Case of Granulomatous Glossitis Emmanuel J. Diamantopoulos, MD, Emmanuel A. Andreadis, MD, Georgios I. Tsourous, MD, Constantina D. Petraki, MD, Dimitra P. Rontogianni, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 119, Issue 2, Pages 182-183 (February 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.06.065 Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Swelling of the lips and tongue with lingua plicata due to mucosal leismaniasis. The American Journal of Medicine 2006 119, 182-183DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.06.065) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Leishman-Donovan bodies (arrows) in histiocytes from tongue biopsy specimen. (A) Haematoxylin and eosin, ×200. (B) Giemsa, ×200). The American Journal of Medicine 2006 119, 182-183DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.06.065) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions