Acute exacerbation of macroglossia leading to necrosis of the anterior third of the tongue

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 871-873

  Lahiri, Anindya ^a   Kok, Kenneth ^a   Sharp, Ian ^a   Nishikawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Lymphovenous malformation; Macroglossia; Necrosis; Paediatric; Tongue tumours

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FALLING; FEEDING; GLOSSECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MACROGLOSSIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE SWELLING; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACUTE DISEASE; BITES, HUMAN; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; NECROSIS; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746191464     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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