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ROBERT E. FECHNER, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1991;117(8):926-929.

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PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 1

Yoav P. Talmi, MD; Rivkah Gal, MD; Yehuda Finkelstein, MD; Ytzhak Shvilli, MD; Yuval Zohar, MD, DDS, Petah Tikvah, Israel

A 75-year-old woman was admitted to our ear, nose, and throat department for evaluation of a painless tumor of the posterolateral aspect of her tongue, first noticed by her dentist 2 weeks previously. The lesion was 1 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm in diameter, firm, non-tender, and covered with normal-appearing mucosa (Fig 1). Induration of the periphery of the tumor was noticed, and malignancy could not be ruled out. No other abnormality was seen, and the patient underwent an excisional biopsy under local anesthesia. A frozen section of the specimen was diagnosed as a benign soft-tissue tumor. Histologic examination revealed a tumor well delineated from the surrounding striated muscle of the tongue (Fig 2, hematoxylin-eosin, X25). Histologic studies demonstrated the findings in Fig 3 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville

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