title: Lymphangioma of the tongue presenting as Ludwig's angina.
abstract: In this paper we present a case of a 6-year-old child who presented with Ludwig's angina caused by an infected tongue base lymphangioma. We provide a literature review of tongue lymphangioma and Ludwig's angina in the paediatric population. Both Ludwig's angina and tongue base lymphangioma are rare conditions in their own right and a combination of the two has not previously been described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The New Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Tasca
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Myatt
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Beckenham
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008158:Ludwig's Angina / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*