Lingual leiomyomatous hamartoma with bifid tip of tongue and ankyloglossia in an infant

Lingual leiomyomatous hamartoma with bifid tip of tongue and ankyloglossia in an infant

Lingual leiomyomatous hamartoma (LLH) is a rare cause of midline tongue swelling. LLH with bifid tongue and ankyloglossia is still rarer, and so far only one case report in an adult exists in the literature. Here, we report a 5 months old male infant with a 1.5 cm × 0.5 cm LLH with bifid tongue and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oral surgery 2017-11, Vol.10 (4), p.e30-e34
Hauptverfasser: Dhua, A.K., Kumar, K., Nagendla, M.K., Bhatnagar, V., Mridha, A.R.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ankyloglossia
bifid tongue
Fibroids
lingual hamartoma
Neoplasia
Tongue
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Zusammenfassung:Lingual leiomyomatous hamartoma (LLH) is a rare cause of midline tongue swelling. LLH with bifid tongue and ankyloglossia is still rarer, and so far only one case report in an adult exists in the literature. Here, we report a 5 months old male infant with a 1.5 cm × 0.5 cm LLH with bifid tongue and ankyloglossia.
ISSN:1752-2471
1752-248X
DOI:10.1111/ors.12296