Tongue swelling
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Tongue swelling or enlargement of the tongue might have different characteristics and differential diagnoses.
Differential Diagnosis
In alphabetical order. [1] [2]
- Acanthosis nigricans
- Acromegaly
- Amyloidosis
- Angioneurotic edema
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Down's syndrome
- Hemangioma
- Hematoma
- Hurler-Pfaundler syndrome
- Hyperthyroidism
- Infection
- Inflammation
- Leukemia
- Lymphangioma
- Neurofibromatosis
- Pellagra
- Pernicious anemia
- Tongue cancer
- Tumor of the pituitary gland
- Venous stasis
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