Macroglossia

Macroglossia o se faʻaletonu o le laulaufaiva e lapoʻa nai lo le masani ai.

Macroglossia e masani ona mafua mai ile faʻateleina ole aofaʻiga o laʻau ile laulaufaiva, ae leʻo le tuputupu aʻe, pei ole tumo.

O lenei tulaga e mafai ona vaaia i nisi tuʻufaʻatasia poʻo fanau mai (o loʻo i ai i le fanau mai) faʻafitauli, aofia ai:

• Acromegaly (faʻaputuina o le tele o le tuputupu aʻe homone i le tino)
• Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (tuputupu ae faʻaletonu e mafua tele tele tino, tele totoga, ma isi faʻailoga)
• Fuafua hypothyroidism (paʻu gaosiga o thyroid homone)
• Maʻi suka (suka toto maualuga mafua mai i le tino gaosia tele pe leai ni inisalini)
• Down syndrome (faʻaopoopoga kopi o chromosome 21, lea e mafua ai faʻafitauli ma faʻagaioiga tino ma le mafaufau)
• Lymphangioma poʻo hemangioma (faʻaletonu i le lymph system poʻo le faʻaputuputuina o alatoto toto i le paʻu poʻo totoga i totonu)
• Mucopolysaccharidoses (o se faʻalapotopotoga o faʻamaʻi e mafua ai le tele o suka i luga o sela o le tino ma sela)
• Amyloidosis Peraimeri (o le faʻaputuina o polotini le masani ai i aano o le tino ma totoga)

• Anatomia
• Macroglossia
• Macroglossia

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