Lingual osteoma.
The 29th patient with a lingual osteoma is presented. This is the first case, to our knowledge, with preoperative radiographic and computed tomographic documentation. This rare, benign tumor almost always occurs as a pedunculated solitary mass that arises from the posterior tongue near the foramen cecum. The patients are usually young women who complain wf dysphagia or fullness in the base of the tongue. The imaging findings and theories of the origin of this tumor are described.
Bernard
P J
PJ
Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, City University of New York, NY 10029.
Shugar
J M
JM
Mitnick
R
R
Som
P M
PM
Meyer
R
R
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*