Lymphangioma tongue
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Lymphangioma of tongue.
A 3-year-old male child presented with a gradually increasing tongue size since birth. The child had difficulty in chewing and swallowing solid food with impairment of speech. He had no obvious signs of surface bleeding, paroxysms of lesion expansion, or repeated respiratory infections or respiratory distress. On examination, an enlarged, dry, fissured tongue occupied the entire oral cavity imp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0019-5421,0973-7707
DOI: 10.1007/bf03049614