PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Soorya Sharma AU - Temilola Abdul AU - Sampson Ho TI - Macroglossia secondary to prolonged prone positioning for management of COVID-19 respiratory failure AID - 10.1136/bcr-2021-244224 DP - 2021 Jul 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - e244224 VI - 14 IP - 7 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e244224.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e244224.full SO - BMJ Case Reports2021 Jul 01; 14 AB - We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who developed acute macroglossia following prolonged prone positioning for management of COVID-19. We found that Biotene mixed in glycerin was effective at removing keratinised lingual plaques and better tolerated than Biotene alone. Additionally, uniform tongue compression applied via tubular elastic dressing yielded more efficacious results than uneven tongue compression via Coban.