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Post-operative massive tongue oedema.
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Within the next 2 h, tongue swelling rapidly progressed to occupy the entire oral cavity and forced his mouth to open widely (Figure 1).
Overnight resolution of tongue oedema.
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By the next day, his tongue became normal in size, and he could speak and had oral intake of liquids (Figure 2).