A Bitter Taste and White Tongue Plaques

A 26-year-old man presents with an altered sense of taste, weight loss, and white plaques on his tongue. Explore the diagnosis for this rare oral sign.

Uremic stomatitis


A 26-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-month history of an altered sense of taste associated with malaise, weight loss, and muscle cramps. Physical examination showed white, sharply demarcated, adherent plaques on the sides of the tongue. What is the diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Oral hairy leukoplakia
Oral lichen planus
Human papillomavirus infection
Candidiasis
Uremic stomatitis

Chronic kidney disease, Hemodialysis, Oral Lesions, Uremia, Uremic stomatitis

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