Fibrous histiocytoma of the tongue base.
Fibrous histiocytomas usually occur in the dermis and superficial subcutis. Involvement of the tongue is extremely rare. A 51-year-old female, referred to us for a sore throat, was noted on intraoral examination to have a polypoid mass with a smooth mucosal surface on the base of the tongue. This lesion was excised because of its probable continuing growth. This tumor, which showed staining for alpha 1-antichymotrypsin, was pathohistologically diagnosed as fibrous histiocytoma. This was the second documented case of fibrous histiocytoma of the tongue.
Takimoto
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Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Ishikawa
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Umeda
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D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*