title: Lymphoma of the base of the tongue: an incidental finding on the preoperative workup for a spine surgery.
abstract: Lymphoma of the tongue is very rare and accounts for 1% of all malignant tumors of the oral cavity. We present a patient who presented with weakness and difficulties with ambulation who was a known cervical spine spondylosis and stenosis patient. During the preoperative workup for cervical spine surgery a tumor at the base of the tongue was discovered which was confirmed by pathology to be a lymphoma.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Lymphoma; Tongue; Spine surgery; Preoperative workup.
authors.affiliation: Medical Center of Central Georgia, 840 Pine Street, Suite 880, Macon, GA 31201, USA. Email:  mswalid@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad Sami
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Walid