title: Congenital Tongue Mass With Concomitant Cleft Palate and Bifid Tongue: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: A case report of a congenital, lingual, salivary gland choristoma with bifid tongue and cleft palate is presented. The patient was born with airway obstruction in supine positioning. Laryngoscopy revealed a midline tongue mass that extended into the hypopharyx and pathological examination showed a congenital ectopic salivary gland. The bifid tongue was repaired at the time of surgical excision. Literature review revealed nine additional cases of congenital lingual mass, bifid tongue, and cleft palate. The most common tongue mass reported was hamartoma (40%), but the differential diagnoses include hamartoma, teratoma, and salivary choristoma.
authors.forename: Jared C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hiebert
authors.forename: Adam B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: H Henry
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Zhongxin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Glade
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D012469:Salivary Glands; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: bifid tongue; ectopic salivary gland; tongue mass