Generalized Lymphangioma of the Tongue: A Rare Cause of Macroglossia

Generalized lymphangioma of tongue is a rare cause of macroglossia in children. It causes mechanical discomfort and functional and psychological disturbances. We report a case of macroglossia due to generalized lymphangioma in a 10 year old where partial glossectomy was done to achieve symptomatic r...

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Autores principales: Shah, Amar A., Mahmud, Khalid, Shah, Anirudh V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31896901
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_210_18
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spelling pubmed-69100602020-01-03 Generalized Lymphangioma of the Tongue: A Rare Cause of Macroglossia Shah, Amar A. Mahmud, Khalid Shah, Anirudh V. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Generalized lymphangioma of tongue is a rare cause of macroglossia in children. It causes mechanical discomfort and functional and psychological disturbances. We report a case of macroglossia due to generalized lymphangioma in a 10 year old where partial glossectomy was done to achieve symptomatic relief. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2019-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6910060/ /pubmed/31896901 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_210_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31896901
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_210_18
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