[Report of a rare case of tongue cancer in childhood].
The occurrence of tongue cancer is fairly rare in childhood, thus, clinicians may not include this possibility in differential diagnosis while observing a tongue lesion in this age. For this reason, adequate therapy and surgical removal can be performed only with great delay and it can lead to worse prognosis and outcome. The authors present a case of tongue cancer in a 15 year old child, with a review of the literature to alert the clinician to this entity and the importance of its diagnosis.
Nagy
Attila
A
Veszprém Megyei Csolnoky Ferenc Kórház Nonprofit Zrt. Arc-, Allcsont- és Szájsebészeti Osztály, Veszprém.
Barabás
József
J
Vannai
Anett
A
Németh
Zsolt
Z
Bogdán
Sándor
S
D000293:Adolescent; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery