巨舌症の1症例

　I．緒言

　森本教授は「先天的に舌の全体又は一部が肥大している場合，原因の如何を問わず此を巨舌症と呼ぶ」と定義している。私は最近巨舌症の一症例を経験したので茲に報告する。

A male infant, aged 2 years and 9 months, was found to be affected with a gigantic tongue which was enlarged to such an ext-ent that it protruded between the lips and caused a difficulty in breathing. The tongue was resected under general anesthesia at two sittings ; the first the tip which was followed after an interval by a partial removal from the lower surface. The enlargement from mi-croscopic examination was shown to be the result hypertrophy of lymph ducts from rou-nd cell infiltration of inflammatory origin.