Surgical Treatment of Congenital True Macroglossia
Joint Authors
Silva, Rogério Almeida da
Costa, Sabrina Araújo Pinho
Santos, Daniel Hacomar dos
Tanabe, Mayko Naruhito
Brinhole, Mário César Pereira
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Macroglossia is a morphological and volumetric alteration of the tongue, caused by muscular hypertrophy, vascular malformation, metabolic diseases, and idiopathic causes and also associated with Down and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromes.
This alteration can cause dental-muscle-skeletal deformities, orthodontic instability, masticatory problems, and alterations in the taste and speech.
In this paper we present a case of true macroglossia diagnosed in a female patient, 26 years, melanoderma, no family history of disease, with a history of relapse of orthodontic treatment for correction of open bite, loss of the lower central incisors, and complaint of difficulty in phonation.
The patient was submitted to glossectomy under general anesthesia using the “keyhole” technique, with objective to provide reduction of the lingual length and width.
The patient developed with good repair, without taste and motor alterations and discrete paresthesia at the apex of the tongue.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Costa, Sabrina Araújo Pinho& Brinhole, Mário César Pereira& Silva, Rogério Almeida da& Santos, Daniel Hacomar dos& Tanabe, Mayko Naruhito. 2013. Surgical Treatment of Congenital True Macroglossia. Case Reports in Dentistry،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Costa, Sabrina Araújo Pinho…[et al.]. Surgical Treatment of Congenital True Macroglossia. Case Reports in Dentistry No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Costa, Sabrina Araújo Pinho& Brinhole, Mário César Pereira& Silva, Rogério Almeida da& Santos, Daniel Hacomar dos& Tanabe, Mayko Naruhito. Surgical Treatment of Congenital True Macroglossia. Case Reports in Dentistry. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-475649
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-475649