CT demonstration of hemiatrophy and fatty replacement of the tongue.
We report a patient in whom computed tomography was used to demonstrate denervation, hemiatrophy and fatty replacement of the tongue, secondary to lower motor neuron involvement of the hypoglossal nerve by a meningioma. This unusual finding has only been described once before.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001284:Atrophy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014059:Tongue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology