Fine needle aspiration of intramuscular myxoma of the tongue. A case report.
Intramuscular myxoma of the tongue is a rare, benign, mesenchymal neoplasm that has sometimes been found in conjunction with systemic syndromes. We report a case of intramuscular myxoma of the tongue diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology and briefly discuss the significance of this lesion.
Mockli
G C
GC
Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of California, San Francisco.
Ljung
B M
BM
Goldman
R L
RL
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*