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Acute or chronic inflammation of the tongue usually secondary to an infectious, physical, chemical or metabolic cause:

Acute or chronic inflammation of the tongue usually secondary to an infectious, physical, chemical or metabolic cause:

*'''Infectious''': [[Feline Calicivirus|calicivirus]], [[Feline Herpesvirus 1|feline herpesvirus]], panleukopanenia, [[Fungi|fungal]], necrotising stomatitis and [[Spirochaetes#Leptospira|leptospirosis]]

*'''Infectious''': [[Feline Calicivirus|calicivirus]], [[Feline Herpesvirus 1|feline herpesvirus]], panleukopanenia, [[Fungi|fungal]], necrotising stomatitis and [[Spirochaetes#Leptospira|leptospirosis]]

*'''Physical''': irritation from periodontal disease, foreign bodies and trauma

*'''Physical''': irritation from [[Periodontal Disease - WikiClinical|periodontal disease]], foreign bodies and trauma

*'''Metabolic''': uraemia, vitamin deficiencies and hypoparathyoidism  

*'''Metabolic''': [[Kidney Renal Failure - Pathology#Uraemia|uraemia]], vitamin deficiencies and hypoparathyoidism  

*'''Chemical''': heavy metal poisoning

*'''Chemical''': heavy metal poisoning

==Diagnosis==

==Diagnosis==