title: [A spindle-cell carcinoma of the oral mucosa. A case report].
abstract: Spindle cell carcinoma is a relatively rare tumor which occurs often in the upper respiratory tract, the oral cavity, and in the esophagus and skin. In this paper a patient who presented a tumor mass of the lover gingiva which was subsequently diagnosed as a spindle cell carcinoma is reported. The clinicopathologic aspects and diagnostic problems of this unusual tumor of the oral mucosa are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Regione Toscana, USL 10/D, Università degli Studi, Firenze.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ficarra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis
vernacular_title: Carcinoma a cellule fusate della mucosa orale. Descrizione di un caso.