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ArticleCureus2024

Rare but Real: Severe Unilateral Macroglossia and Submandibular Sialoadenitis After Skull Base Surgery.

Frederic Van Havenbergh, Jarne Schepens, Michel Torfs, Tony Van Havenbergh

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frederic Van HavenberghNeurosurgery, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom (ZAS) Hospitals, Antwerp, BEL.
Jarne SchepensNeurosurgery, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom (ZAS) Hospitals, Antwerp, BEL.
Michel TorfsAnesthesiology, Gasthuis Zusters Antwerpen (GZA) Hospitals, Antwerp, BEL.
Tony Van HavenberghNeurosurgery, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom (ZAS) Hospitals, Antwerp, BEL.
GZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-Augustinus · BEZiekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen Stuivenberg · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a 43-year-old patient with a left-sided cerebellopontine angle meningioma with extension to the internal acoustic meatus and jugular foramen. The patient underwent a resection using a retrosigmoid approach, which resulted in near-complete tumor removal. Postoperatively, the patient experienced tongue swelling, swallowing difficulties and right-sided subcutaneous swelling, caused by patient positioning and endotracheal tube placement. Imaging showed phlegmonous infiltration of subcutaneous fat tissue with submandibular gland enlargement. The patient's condition gradually improved with conservative management. This case highlights the rare occurrence of combined macroglossia and sialoadenitis after posterior fossa surgery, emphasizing the importance of patient positioning and tube placement.

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complicationsmacroglossiapatient positioningsialoadenitisskull base surgery

Identifiers

PMID38550508
PMCPMC10977935
OpenAlexW4392187893

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