title: Osseous choristoma of the tongue. Report of two cases.
abstract: Osseous choristoma of the tongue is a relatively rare lesion with 53 cases previously published in the literature. In this article, two additional cases are described; one in a 53-year-old woman located close to the foramen caecum, and the other in a 18-year-old woman on the left of midline and just anterior to the circumvallate papillae that was observed over a 13-year period.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Oral Surgery, Hokkaido University, School of Dentistry, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizukoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Notani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic; D012744:Sex Ratio; D014060:Tongue Diseases