title: Tongue-base hamartoma in tuberous sclerosis.
abstract: This paper describes the case of a 41-year-old female with tuberous sclerosis who presented with a large tongue-base hamartoma. The surgical management of the patient was complicated by the presence of a large thyroid goitre. Awake fibre-optic intubation, thyroidectomy then tracheostomy were necessary before the tongue-base hamartoma could be safely resected. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a tongue-base hamartoma in a patient with tuberous sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spedding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*