title: Accessory tongue: Classification and report of a case.
abstract: Accessory tongue (AT) is a rare congenital anomaly. Due to rarity of AT, various terminologies are applied, including accessory tongue, bifid tongue, double tongue, cleft tongue, and supernumerary tongue. It seems that the anomaly has geographic distribution and most reported cases are from India and Middle East. No comprehensive classification has been introduced yet. So, we present a classification for AT according to review of all papers and documents that we found, and report a 2-month-old male infant with this anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Electronic address: hiradfarm@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiradfar
authors.affiliation: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakhshaee
authors.affiliation: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shojaeian
authors.affiliation: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zabolinejad
authors.affiliation: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forghani
authors.affiliation: Center of Pediatric Surgery, Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mirhosseini
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Accessory tongue; Cleft mandible; Congenital anomaly; Pediatric