Microglossia
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| Q38.3 | Other congenital malformations of the tongue - microglossia |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
The microglossia from Greek μικρός Mikros , small, cramped, 'and γλόσσα glossa , tongue', is a very rare congenital disease with (at birth) to small tongue . The tongue is abnormally small due to hypotrophy or hypoplasia . Complete absence is called aglossia .
distribution
Microglossia is very rare; around 50 people have been reported to be affected.
There are isolated forms, but there is often an association with malformations of the extremities in the context of hypoglossia-hypodactyly syndrome .
Apparently, micrognathia occurs frequently.
Microglossia can occur in the following other syndromes :
history
A case report from BC Maybury is from 1914 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willibald Pschyrembel : Clinical Dictionary , 266th, updated edition, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033997-0, keyword microglossy
- ^ Entry on microglossia in the Flexikon , a wiki of the DocCheck company
- ^ S. Voigt, A. Park, A. Scott, MA Vecchiotti: Microglossia in a newborn: a case report and review of the literature. In: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. Vol. 138, No. 8, August 2012, pp. 759-761, doi: 10.1001 / archoto.2012.1324 , PMID 22911299 (review).
- ^ MA Thorp, PJ de Waal, CA Prescott: Extreme microglossia. In: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. Vol. 67, No. 5, May 2003, pp. 473-477, PMID 12697349 .
- ↑ Bernfried Leiber (founder): The clinical syndromes. Syndromes, sequences and symptom complexes . Ed .: G. Burg, J. Kunze, D. Pongratz, PG Scheurlen, A. Schinzel, J. Spranger. 7., completely reworked. Edition. tape 2 : symptoms . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich et al. 1990, ISBN 3-541-01727-9 .
- ^ BC Maybury: Case of Microglossia. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. Vol. 7, Clin Sect 1914, pp. 29-30, PMID 19977544 , PMC 2003002 (free full text).
