An accessory tongue in a child: A clinical case. Issue 6 (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ohara, Kenzo; Kanaya, Takeshi; Harabuchi, Yasuaki
• Is Part Of: Auris nasus larynx. Volume 48:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 1214
• Page End: 1216
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: Accessory tongue -- Double tongue -- Congenital malformations; Otolaryngology -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2020.08.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0385-8146

Abstract

Abstract: A 20-month-old male patient presented with a tumor on his tongue. The tumor was detected at birth with an initial size of 5 mm; thereafter, it gradually grew larger. The patient had no symptoms, but he frequently touched the tumor, as he grew older. The authors performed a tumor resection under general anesthesia, and the histopathological diagnosis confirmed that it was an accessory tongue, with the same components as that of a normal tongue. An accessory tongue regularly grows bigger as a patient grows older, resulting in dysphagia and articulation disorder. Younger patients should get accessory tongues surgically resected as soon as they are old enough to receive general anesthesia.