title: [Pleomorphic adenoma of the tongue base].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common lesion of minor salivary glands but is exceptional in the tongue base.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 70-year-old woman with pleomorphic adenoma of the tongue base. The patient consulted for difficult swallowing, which developed over 4 months. Physical examination and computed tomography revealed a cystic tumour located in the right side of tongue base. The tumor was removed by transoral resection. The histological examination demonstrated a pleomorphic adenoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We will discuss the diagnostic and therapeutically modalities of pleomorphic adenoma of the tongue base with a review of the literature.
authors: Service d'ORL, hôpital des Spécialités, CHU de Rabat, Rabat, Maroc.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: El Kohen
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Essakalli
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kzadri
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sefiani
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Seffar Andaloussi
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*