Oral cavity & oropharynx
Inflammatory / immune mediated (noninfectious)
Traumatic ulceration with stroma eosinophilia (TUGSE)
Author: Charu Thakral, M.D.
Last author update: 1 March 2013
Last staff update: 4 August 2021
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Definition / general | Terminology | Case reports | Clinical images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Thakral C. Traumatic ulceration with stroma eosinophilia (TUGSE). PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/oralcavitytongueeosinophilia.html. Accessed April 20th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Resembles carcinoma clinically
- Presumed due to crush injury of tongue muscle
Terminology
- Also called ulcerative eosinophilic granuloma, Riga-Fede disease, traumatic granuloma
Case reports
- 6 month old boy with traumatic lingual ulceration (Ital J Pediatr 2012;38:20)
- 70 year old woman with Riga-Fede-like disease (Indian J Dermatol 2010;55:92)
Clinical images
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70 year old woman:
Painful ulcer of tongue
Ill fitting prosthesis
Healing after removal of prosthesis
6 month old boy:
Ulcerative swelling
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Eosinophils and other inflammatory cells in submucosa, mucosa, salivary glands
- Dilated vessels often present
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Mixed cellular infiltrate
