1. Surgical management of macroglossia secondary to amyloidosis
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Yusuf Gadiwalla, Richard Burnham, Adrian T. Warfield, and P. Praveen
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Tongue ,Macroglossia ,medicine ,Humans ,Inverted t ,business.industry ,Amyloidosis ,030206 dentistry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Surgical reduction ,Tongue swelling ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
The authors report a case of amyloidosis-induced macroglossia treated with surgical reduction of the tongue using a keyhole to inverted T method with particular emphasis on the postoperative sequelae. Significant tongue swelling persisted for longer than anticipated requiring tracheostomy to remain in situ for 14 days.
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- 2016
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