title: [Macroglossia].
abstract: A 63-year-old woman was referred to a department of oral and maxillofacial surgery because of slowly increasing enlargement of the tongue. Histopathologic examination of a biopsy showed the presence of amyloid. Further physical and laboratory studies disclosed the presence of multiple myeloma (Kahler's disease). A few years before, the patient had been operated for metacarpol syndrome of both hands, most likely because of amyloid deposition. The patient underwent a stam cell transplantation. After one year follow-up the patient is still alive. There was no distinct regression of the macroglossia.
authors: Uit de Afdeling Mondziekten en Kaakchirurgie/Pathologie van het VU Medisch Centrum in Amsterdam.
authors: P G C J
authors: PG
authors: van Dijk
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Suttorp
authors: I
authors: I
authors: van der Waal