title: Glossectomy in the severe maxillofacial vascular malformation with jaw deformity: a rare case report.
abstract: In the field of oral-maxillofacial surgery, vascular malformations present in various forms. Abnormalities in the size of the tongue by vascular malformations can cause mandibular prognathism and skeletal deformity. The risk in surgical treatment for patients with vascular malformation is high, due to bleeding from vascular lesions. We report a rare case of macroglossia that was treated by partial glossectomy, resulting in an improvement in the swallowing and mastication functions in the patient. A 25-year-old male patient with severe open-bite and mandibular prognathism presented to our department for the management of macroglossia. The patient had a difficulty in food intake because of the large tongue. Orthognathic surgery was not indicated because the patient had severe jaw bone destruction and alveolar bone resorption. Therefore, the patient underwent partial glossectomy under general anesthesia. There was severe hemorrhaging during the surgery, but the bleeding was controlled by local procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Hyeog
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chul-Man
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.|Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, 2175 Dalgubeoldae-ro, Daegu, 700-705 Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Young
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0104-9338
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Paeng
keywords: Glossectomy; Macroglossia; Venous malformation