A case of a double tongue. Case report.
A baby boy presented with a double tongue combined with a median cleft palate. He was otherwise normally developed. The double tongue was reconstructed to form one tongue 40 days after birth. At follow-up examination when he was 6 months old the tongue was well formed with normal function.
Bartholdson
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Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Umeå University Hospital, Sweden.
Hellström
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Söderberg
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D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery