Macroglossia

A Case of Macroglossia

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...

[Lymphangiomatous macroglossia: report of a case].

患 者:■,1才10カ 月,女 性. 初 診:昭 和45年3月 ■ 日. 主 訴:舌 肥大に よる摂食障害, 家族歴:両 親には特記すべき事項を認めない.患 者の 兄は双生児で妊娠8カ 月の 出生で,生 後間 もな く両者 と もに死亡,姉 は健康である. 既往歴:正 常分娩で生下時体重3,050gで,栄 養は混 合栄養で生後著患は認め られない. 現病歴:出 生時,す でに舌の肥大が認め られ,口 腔外 1に舌尖が突出し,そ の後発育に伴 って緩除に舌も大 き く な り,来 院約4カ 月前頃 よ り風邪に羅患 し,そ の時 よ り, 口腔外に突出した部分が,急 に発赤,腫 脹を きた し疼痛 を訴 えるようにな り,固 形物をほ とんど摂取できず,某 内科医 よ り当院に紹介され て来院 した. 現 症:体 格,栄 養共にやや悪 く,体 重は9kgで, 特 に下半身の発育が悪 く...

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...

Massive macroglossia, amyloidosis and myeloma.

A 74 year old man with light-chain myeloma developed amyloidosis with macroglossia after 10 years of therapy with alkylating agents. Over a 2-year period his tongue enlarged to persistently protrude from his mouth, inhibit his speech, interfere with normal swallowing and eventually threaten his airway. As a life-saving procedure the tumorous anterior two-thirds of the tongue was resected, with ...