Lateral tongue bite in patient with transient loss of consciousness

Kaho Onizawa; Taku Harada; Juichi Hiroshige

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5264

Lateral tongue bite in patient with transient loss of consciousness

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jan 8;10(1):e05264. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5264. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Kaho Onizawa¹, Taku Harada^{2

3}, Juichi Hiroshige²

Affiliations

¹ Center of Postgraduate Clinical Training Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital Tokyo Japan.
² Division of General Medicine Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital Tokyo Japan.
³ Division of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine Dokkyo Medical University Hospital Tochigi Japan.

Abstract

The finding of a tongue bite is infrequent since it is a physical finding that is often overlooked, but it has a very high diagnostic value. It is important to check for tongue bites when examining any patient with a transient loss of consciousness.

Keywords: seizure; tongue bite; transient loss of consciousness.