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This photograph depicts a close anterior view of a patient’s extended tongue, highlighting the glossal lesion known as a geographic tongue, which was determined to be due to a syphilitic infection caused by the bacterial spirochete, Treponema pallidum.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. N.J. Fiumara
Creation Date: 1976
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.