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Lingual Hamartoma in an Infant: CT and MR Imaging

A.L. Goold^a, B.L. Koch^b and J.P. Willging^b

^a Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va
^b Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

View larger version (124K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 1. Preoperative photograph of the infant in the operating room after anesthesia induction and nasotracheal intubation, with manual traction applied to the patient’s tongue, shows a lobulated midline tongue base mass.

View larger version (96K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 2. Axial postcontrast CT scan shows a lobulated soft-tissue midline posterior tongue mass with minimal heterogeneous enhancement (short arrows). On this axial image, the mass is at the same level as the normal-appearing palatine tonsils (long arrows).

View larger version (76K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 3. A, Sagittal T1-weighted image demonstrates a mildly hypointense well-defined mass arising from the posterior aspect of the tongue abutting the inferior surface of the uvula. B, T2-weighted image demonstrates a central area of hyperintensity with irregular margins and hypointense periphery.