Macroglossia in neurosurgery

BRAIN MAPPING IN NEUROSURGERY

Background and Aim: Brain mapping is a study of the anatomy and function of the CNS (central nervous system). Brain mapping has many techniques and these techniques are permanently changing and updating. From the beginning, brain mapping was invasive and for brain mapping, electrical stimulation of the exposed brain was needed. However, nowadays brain mapping does not require electrical stimula...

A Case of Macroglossia

Macroglossia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

IMPORTANCE We encountered 2 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with tongue enlargement and protrusion outside the oral cavity (macroglossia). To our knowledge, the relationship between macroglossia and ALS has not been reported in the literature. The objective of this article was to describe the clinical characteristics, imaging, and pathology of macroglossia in ALS and to develo...

Macroglossia in adult Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

and immunohistochemically proven, Duchenne muscular dystrophy of age 18, 20, and 21 respectively, with a classical Duchenne muscular dystrophy phenotype including progressive (proximal predominant) tetraparesia, joint contractures, cardiac deficit, and respiratory insufficiency. All patients showed initial calf and tongue muscle hypertrophy, and developed later generalized limb muscle atrophy i...

Neurofibromatosis presenting as macroglossia.

Joyce K., aged 6, is the tenth of 12 children. The remainder of the family are healthy and there is no family history of any condition suggesting neurofibromatosis. Birth was normal and infancy uneventful, but the mother noticed a large and slightly protruding tongue when she first saw the child a few hours after birth. She had gastro-enteritis at 6 months, but apart from this had no serious il...