Osteogenic sarcoma of the tongue.
A 45-year-old woman had a mass in the left side of the tongue. Histologic examination of the tumor revealed it to be an extraskeletal osteogenic sarcoma. Pulmonary metastases were seen on admission. The patient had a rapid downhill course and died. Extraskeletal osteogenic sarcomas are well-recognized albeit rare neoplasms. In a search of the literature we were unable to find a single case arising in the tongue. The electron microscopic findings are also presented.
D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*