Macroglossia Caused by Venous Congestion in a Patient With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The macroglossia in this patient appeared largely related to impaired venous return from the tongue and neck after coil embolisation, rather than to tongue pseudohypertrophy due to denervation atrophy with fatty replacement caused by ALS.
Authors
- Takahiro Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6046-8228)
- Shunsuke Hino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9690-1713)
- Norio Horie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1354-9313)
- Nami Nakayama
- Yosuke Iijima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3804-6122)
Institutions
- Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital (JP)
- Saitama Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.71122
- Primary Topic
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00