Surgical management of macroglossia in children: two case reports

Congenital macroglossia is associated with a variety of syndromes, mostcommonly Down syndrome and Beckwith-Widemann syndrome. Clinically,macroglossia may impair the airways, cause dysphagia and poor cosmesis.A variety of treatments have been proposed and surgical resection is themost common. We revi...

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Main Authors: Maurício Macedo, Karine Furtado Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2007-06-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/161-169.case-surgical.5.2.1.pdf