Open AccessEctomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumor of the anterior tongue: A rare case
Author(s) -
Sengul Demet,
Sengul Ilker,
Ozdol Mehmet Umit,
Astarci Muzeyyen Hesna,
Ustun Huseyin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2010.07.004
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , lesion , immunohistochemistry , keratin , dorsum , pathology , glial fibrillary acidic protein , anatomy
Ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumor is a rare tumor seen in the anterior dorsal aspect of the tongue. Diagnosis of this lesion without a prediagnosis clinically is made only with histopathological findings including the immunohistochemical examinations. However, diverse results are being reported in the literature with keratin staining. While glial fibrillary acid protein positiveness maintain being a fixed repeating feature, we emphasized for our case of a 28‐year‐old Caucasian woman having the findings of qualities supporting the ectomesenchymal origin of the mentioned tumor.