Sensory changes after tongue reduction for macroglossia

Kanako Matsumoto; Kei-Ichi Morita; Shigeharu Jinno; Ken Omura

doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2012.02.037

Sensory changes after tongue reduction for macroglossia

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2014 Jan;117(1):e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.02.037. Epub 2012 Aug 15.

Authors

Kanako Matsumoto¹, Kei-Ichi Morita², Shigeharu Jinno³, Ken Omura⁴

Affiliations

¹ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral Restitution, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
² Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral Restitution, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Advanced Molecular Diagnosis and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hard Tissue Genome Research Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: keiichi.m.osur@tmd.ac.jp.
³ Section of Anesthesiology and Clinical Physiology, Department of Oral Restitution, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral Restitution, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Advanced Molecular Diagnosis and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hard Tissue Genome Research Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) Program, International Research Center for Molecular Science in Tooth and Bone Diseases, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 22901656
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.02.037

Abstract

We report sensory changes after tongue reduction by the Harada-Enomoto method for macroglossia in a 20-year-old woman with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Sensory tests were performed before surgery and 1 week and 2 months after surgery. We assessed the static tactile threshold, vibration sense, static 2-point discrimination, pain threshold, and taste. No sensory loss of any category tested was observed after tongue reduction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome / complications*
Female
Glossectomy / methods*
Humans
Macroglossia / congenital*
Macroglossia / surgery
Pain Threshold / physiology
Taste Threshold* / physiology
Tongue / innervation
Tongue / surgery*
Touch / physiology
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult