Oral medicine case book 71 : Amyloidosis of the tongue
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Bunn, Belinda Kathleen
Schnetler, C.
Van Zyl, Andre W.
Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus
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South African Dental Association
Abstract
A 57-year-old male patient presented to the Oral Medicine Clinic with a one-month history of painful macroglossia associated with difficulty in speaking and swallowing. The patient complained of recent weight loss and chronic fatigue. Intra-oral examination showed the tongue to be enlarged with conspicuous nodules on the lateral borders. It had a multinodular, firm consistency on palpation. An incisional biopsy from the right lateral area of the tongue was submitted for histology.
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Patient, Tongue, Macroglossia, Speaking, Swallowing, Weight loss, Chronic fatigue, Amyloidosis
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Bunn, BK, Schnetler, C, Van Zyl, AW & Van Heerden, WFP 2015, 'Oral medicine case book 71 : Amyloidosis of the tongue', South African Dental Journal, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 262-263.