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Tongue-base hamartoma in tuberous sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Helen Wallace ,
Anne Davis  and
Anne Spedding
Helen Wallace
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
Anne Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
Anne Spedding
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
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Abstract

This paper describes the case of a 41-year-old female with tuberous sclerosis who persented with a large tongue-base hamartoma. The surgical management of the patient was complicated by the presence of a large thyroid goitre. Awake fibre-optic intubation, thyroidectomy then tracheostomy were necessary before the tongue-base hamartoma could be safely resected. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a tongue-base hamartoma in a patient with tuberous sclerosis.

Keywords

Tuberous SclerosisTongue NeoplasmsHamartoma
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 2 , February 2001 , pp. 149 - 150
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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