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What Causes Bleeding From The Tongue?
Last night I had spontaneous bleeding from top of my tongue - about 1 inch in near center -small round hole about size of heavy duty needle - blood flow was continuous ooze - could not stop - was taken to ER - applied thick guaze compress - bleeding lasted for about 1.5 hrs - hasn't bleed all day - a significant size lump exists (about size of pencil eraser) - do not smoke or drink much (in past maybe 2 to 3 glasses wine per month, now after my wife recently passed frm glioma i may have a glass every 2 to 4 nights a week) - am 72 yrs old / male - ER classified as leukoplakia Ques: is the type of bleeding descriped typical of leuko?
Mon, 1 Dec 2014
Leukoplakia is a lesion associated with use of tobacco. In your case ER decription could be probably speckled leukoplakia. But it is unusual for a leukoplakia to bleed as described by you. Kindly provide history of the duration and progression of the kesion.
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