Histiocytic lymphoma (reticulum-cell sarcoma) of the tongue manifesting as macroglossia.
A case of histiocytic lymphoma primarily involving the tongue in a 71-year-old black man is presented. The authors discuss the diagnostic problems in differentiation of such lesions from other small-cell tumors, primary or secondary, that might involve the tongue. Electron microscopic studies were utilized to confirm the diagnosis of histiocytic lymphoma.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008260:Macroglossia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure