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Keywords: Eruptive lingual papillitis, Tongue
Transient lingual papillitis is a common painful inflammatory condition affecting one or several fungiform papillae on the tongue. It is also known as ‘lie bumps’ and may be related to or the same as eruptive (familial) lingual papillitis and fungiform papillary glossitis. A nonpainful papulokeratotic variant has been reported.
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