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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| description | 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 review management of patients and describe a surgicaltechnique, consisting of a keyhole resection to decrease the width andlength of the tongue. Patients had improved cosmesis and better functionof upper airways, with no change in speech and feeding. Keyhole resectionis an effective treatment for macroglossia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f73d4ca7fa8a41cfa9478b66e949ce1f2022-12-22T00:30:47ZengInstituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert EinsteinEinstein (São Paulo)1679-45082007-06-0152166169Surgical management of macroglossia in children: two case reportsMaurício MacedoKarine Furtado MeyerCongenital 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 review management of patients and describe a surgicaltechnique, consisting of a keyhole resection to decrease the width andlength of the tongue. Patients had improved cosmesis and better functionof upper airways, with no change in speech and feeding. Keyhole resectionis an effective treatment for macroglossia.http://www.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/161-169.case-surgical.5.2.1.pdfMacroglossia/congenitalMacroglossia/surgeryCase reports |
| spellingShingle | Maurício Macedo Karine Furtado Meyer Surgical management of macroglossia in children: two case reports Einstein (São Paulo) Macroglossia/congenital Macroglossia/surgery Case reports |
| title | Surgical management of macroglossia in children: two case reports |
| title_full | Surgical management of macroglossia in children: two case reports |
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| title_short | Surgical management of macroglossia in children: two case reports |
| title_sort | surgical management of macroglossia in children two case reports |
| topic | Macroglossia/congenital Macroglossia/surgery Case reports |
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