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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