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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 24(3); 1981 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1981;24(3): 397-9.
A Case of Congenital Macroglossia
MI Yoon, MD, and HJ Ko, MD
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Busan National University, Korea
先天性 大舌症의 1例
尹明仁 · 高漢珍 (指導 : 李鍾澹 敎授)
釜山大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室
ABSTRACT

Most of the macroglossia, which is very rare disease, comes from congenital origin. Congenital macroglossia generally results from lymphangioma or hemangioma but in some cases happens idiopathically. Recently the authors experienced a case of congenital idiopathic muscular macroglossia. Patient is 6 year old girl whose tongue was enlarged and protruded from mouth since birth. The size of protruded tongue from upper lip was about 7.5×6.0×3.0cm and its surface was dry and fissured. The histopathological section shows hyperkeratosis of surface epithelium with elongation of rete ridge and hypertrophy of muscle layer. Therefore it was diagnosed as congenital muscular macroglossia.

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