Suppurative parenchymatous glossitis

✍ Scribed by Tara Chandra; Anand Prakash

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1965
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 204 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800520323

✦ Synopsis

SUPPURATIVE parenchymatous glossitis resulting in abscess formation has been reported in the literature, and i n two instances we have treated small pyaemic abscesses of the tongue. We have been unable to find any report of the type of case presented here. CASE REPORTS case I . -~ 5-year-old Hindu male child was admitted to King George's Medical Hospital, Lucknow, with a history of progressive enlargement of tongue, difficulty with speech, excessive salivation, and mild dyspnoea for 1%. I.-Case I . Showing the grossly swollen and protruding tonpue. FIG. a.--Case 2. The healed ulcer about 6 weeks after operation.

24 hours. The father reported that the child had had a small swelling at the tip of the tongue since the age of 6 months. This had been about I cm. in diameter and had not varied in size, nor had it been painful. Twenty-four hours before admission the patient started having pain and swelling in his tongue, which had increased in size until it protruded outside the mouth.