Benign mesenchymoma of the tongue. Report of a case, with review of the literature.
A benign mesenchymoma of the dorsal midtongue in an 88-year-old woman is presented. The tumour was excised under local anaesthesia, and microscopic examination revealed cartilage, bone, striated muscle, peripheral nerve, adipose and myxoid tissue, and blood vessels in addition to fibrous tissue. Eight cases including ours were found in the literature.
Takenoshita
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Second Dept. of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Mihashi
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Horinouchi
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Oka
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology