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...

Acute macroglossia, while rare and often limited in duration, can present significant management challenges. The anatomic position of the tongue, which can result in airway compromise in cases of enlargement, contributes significantly to difficulty with management. We review several management options for persistent acute onset lingual macroglossia and present a novel noninvasive management tec...

beckwith and wiedemann for the first time described a syndrome characterised by macroglossia,macrosomia and omphalocele.nowadays inaddition to the above symptoms,visceromegaly,mild microcephaly,facial nevus flammeus,earlobe cerase,persistent neonatal hypoglycemia,and polycythemia are also considered various manifestations of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. This study report a female neonate with ...

Amyloidosis is consider as rare disease with low incidence but it frequently associated with macroglossia and in some cases it may cause swelling in the neck region which can presents as midline swelling. The objective of this presentation is to make oral physician aware of the effects of amyloidosis especially in the head and neck region and to consider amyloidosis in differential diagnosis of...

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...