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Chondroma of the Tongue
Author(s) -
Lee J.,
Iskaros B.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.320dz.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chondroma , tongue , pathology , lesion , hyaline cartilage , papule , larynx , anatomy , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine , articular cartilage
Soft tissue chondroma is a rare lesion that has been reported in various organs including brain, nasopharynx, larynx, lung, esophagus, liver, urinary bladder, fallopian tube, skin, and oral mucosa. We report a chondroma occurred on the tongue of a 38‐year‐old‐woman. She presented with an asymptomatic, several‐millimeter, firm papule on the lateral border of the tongue. She had been healthy otherwise, and the lesion had been present for about 9 to 10 months without change in size. Possibility of sialolith was considered clinically. Microscopic examination revealed a well‐circumscribed, lobular, subepithelial lesion composed of mature hyaline cartilage. No cytologic atypia of chondrocytes was noted. The overlying squamous mucosa was unremarkable. Chondromas may occur in association with Maffucci’s syndrome, Ollier’s disease, CREST syndrome, and Carney’s triad. However, in most cases, such as in this case, it is solitary and not associated with the preceding entities.