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Macroglossia

Macroglossia is the medical term for an unusually large tongue. Severe enlargement of the tongue can cause cosmetic and functional difficulties in speaking, eating, swallowing and sleeping. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Large tongue
Is A
Tongue abnormality
May Cause
Oropharyngeal lesion
Upper airway obstruction in a child
May Be Caused by
 Common
Amyloidosis
Hypothyroidism
Infantile hypothyroidism
Trisomy 21
 Uncommon
Acromegaly
Atelosteogenesis
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Blomstrand dysplasia
Carcinoma
Chromosome 12p trisomy
Chromosome 4:dup(4p) syndrome
Chromosome 4p trisomy
Chromosome 9q deletion
Chromosome UPD 6 9DAS0
Costello syndrome
Cyst
Dermoid
Duplication cyst
Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia
Familial macroglossia
Glycogen storage disease type 2
GM1 gangliosidosis
Granular cell myoblastoma
Hemangioma
Hurler syndrome
Infant of diabetic mother
Jaw or dental deformity with increased mouth size
Kocher-Debré-Sémélaigne syndrome
Lethal congenital dwarfism with accelerated maturation
Lingual cyst
Lingual thyroid
Lymphangioma
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1-S
Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6
Mucosal neuroma syndrome
Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2B
Muscular dystrophy
Myotonia congenita
Neurofibromatosis
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Ranula
Rhabdomyoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Robinow syndrome
Sialocyst
Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
Thyroglossal duct cyst
Tongue neoplasm
Trauma
Triploidy

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