Difference between revisions of "Tongue"
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*[[Pyogenic granuloma]]. | *[[Pyogenic granuloma]]. | ||
== | ==Tumours== | ||
*[[Pyogenic granuloma]].<ref name=pmid9582682>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zain | first1 = RB. | last2 = Khoo | first2 = SP. | last3 = Yeo | first3 = JF. | title = Oral pyogenic granuloma (excluding pregnancy tumour)--a clinical analysis of 304 cases. | journal = Singapore Dent J | volume = 20 | issue = 1 | pages = 8-10 | month = Jul | year = 1995 | doi = | PMID = 9582682 }}</ref> | |||
*[[Granular cell tumour]] - classically base of tongue, may be malignant. | |||
===Malignant=== | |||
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck|Squamous cell carcinoma]]. | *[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck|Squamous cell carcinoma]]. | ||
**[[Human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]] - especially the base of the tongue. | **[[Human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]] - especially the base of the tongue. | ||
*[[Alveolar soft part sarcoma]] - base of tongue especially. | *[[Alveolar soft part sarcoma]] - base of tongue especially. | ||
*[[Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma]]. | *[[Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 5 February 2017
Tongue is a thingy in the mouth.
Benign
Tumours
- Pyogenic granuloma.[1]
- Granular cell tumour - classically base of tongue, may be malignant.
Malignant
- Squamous cell carcinoma.
- Human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma - especially the base of the tongue.
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma - base of tongue especially.
- Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma.
- Cribriform adenocarcinoma of the minor salivary gland.