A security consultant performs assessments on infrastructures like residential homes, companies, institutions, places of public importance like airports, railway stations and stadiums and suggests optimum security measures to be adopted.
A glossectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the tongue. It is performed in order to curtail malignant growth such as oral cancer. Often only a portion of the tongue needs to be removed, in which case the procedure is called a hemiglossectomy.
Although vascular malformations of the tongue comprise a significant portion of head and neck angiodysplastic. lesions, hemangioma of base of tongue is rare. We report a case of hemangioma of base of tongue extending to the. supraglottis, which necessitated an extended supraglottic laryngectomy. Patient had an uneventful recovery and at. three year, follow-up has a normal speech and no difficulty in swallowing or aspiration.