Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg | Volume 2, Issue 7 | Case Report | Open Access

Spontaneous Venous Thrombosis of the Tongue

Aljerf B, Sadowski S, Bachmann J and Folz BJ^*

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Karl-Hansen Medical Center, Germany

^*Correspondance to: Folz BJ 

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Abstract

Acute swelling of the tongue most commonly is due to inflammation, abscess or secondary to undesired drug side-effects (e.g. ACE-inhibitors). Less common are benign or malignant growths, foreign bodies or zoonoses. Acute thrombophlebitis as a cause for a significant swelling of the tongue has only been reported twice in literature before. We report the third case, in which Enoxaparin failed to resolve the thrombus. The patient was then successfully treated by unfractionated Heparin. Since knowledge about acute thrombophlebitis of the tongue is rare, we dare to recommend treatment of this condition with unfractionated Heparin, although this recommendation is founded on the successful treatment of only one case.

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Aljerf B, Sadowski S, Bachmann J, Folz BJ. Spontaneous Venous Thrombosis of the Tongue. Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;2(7):1062 .