Cancer. If your canker sores are not healing, it could be cancer. Yes, cancer can cause lesions and blisters that do not heal. Oral cancer or mouth cancer causes lesions on the tongue that look ...

You can notice signs of HIV on the tongue during the early and late stages of the infection with the virus. An acute HIV ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Mouth and tongue lesions are often one of the first symptoms of human immunodeficiency ...

It leads to lesions, or growths, on the skin of the tongue. Research suggests that human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) causes Kaposi’s sarcoma . This condition is more common among immunocompromised ...

Geographic tongue causes island-shaped lesions that give your tongue a map-like appearance. The lesions can appear on the upper surface and sides of the tongue. They look ragged and uneven, and ...

Creamy white spots or lesions on the tongue could indicate a fungal infection, such as oral thrush. While it's usually harmless it may spread to other parts of your mouth if left untreated, ...

(HealthDay)—Fungal lesions can mimic neoplastic growths on the tongue, according to a case report published online April 5 in Pediatrics. James Naples, M.D., from the University of Connecticut ...

lesions on the tongue that appear to “migrate” or move to one area of the tongue to another over time (over days or weeks) lesions that appear and disappear frequently; ...

Canker sores are white to yellowish open sores that appear inside the mouth — on the inner lips, gums, or tongue. They are the most common type of oral lesion, affecting around 1 out of 10 people .

On this occasion, she was concerned about her tongue. She described painless spots that had been present for years, but which were becoming more marked. A friend had recently developed mouth cancer, ...