title: Squamous cell carcinoma and piercing of the tongue - a case report.
abstract: Tongue piercings can be associated with local and systemic complications. Local complications occur frequently immediately after the surgery but also long-term local effects can cause problems such as speech and swallowing difficulties. Aspiration, transmission of infectious diseases, hypersensitivity reaction belong to the systemic complications. In the presented paper an unusual case of cancer development in a 26-year-old man who had a metal piercing inserted for 5 years in the right anterior third of the tongue. Despite of intense concommitant chemoradiotherapy the patient died 18 months from the first symptoms. In prevention of various complications it would be the best solution spread information about the risks of the tongue piercing especially within teenage population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. pstanko@ousa.sk
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanko
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poruban
authors.forename: Jozef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mracna
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holly
authors.forename: Branislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Janicek
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pinakova
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porubska
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galbavy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D046288:Body Piercing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D014059:Tongue; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*