Macroglossia
Evidence-based neurology checklist on macroglossia: Neuromuscular causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) types 2C and 2U Myasthenia gravis (MG) Motor neurone disease (MND) Inclusion body myositis (IBM) Polymyositis Pompe…
Neuromuscular causes
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
- Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) types 2C and 2U
- Myasthenia gravis (MG)
- Motor neurone disease (MND)
- Inclusion body myositis (IBM)
- Polymyositis
- Pompe disease
- Hypothyroid myopathy (Hoffman syndrome)
- Focal myositis
Other neurological causes
Dental causes
Systemic causes
Drug-induced
References
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- Al-Zaidy SA, Malik V, Kneile K, et al. A slowly progressive form of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C associated with founder mutation in the SGCG gene in Puerto Rican Hispanics. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2015; 3:92-98.
- Tasca G, Moro F, Aiello C, et al. Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with α-dystroglycan deficiency and mutations in the ISPD gene. Neurology 2013; 80:963-965.
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