Abstract
1/2024
vol. 23
Case report
Differential diagnosis of papillary tumor of the tongue in a 71-year-old man finally diagnosed as verrucous squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Department and Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland
- Franciszek Raszeja Memorial Municipal Hospital, Poznan, Poland
- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw, Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland
- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2024; 23 (46): 1–4
Online publish date: 2024/11/08
The article presents the case of a 71-year-old patient with a tongue tumour that was originally diagnosed as papillomatosis of the tongue, in the final diagnosis as a verrucous squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. The patient was being diagnosed for 5 years because of a papillary tongue tumor. The paper discusses the general characteristics of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, including a rare variant of verrucous carcinoma, risk factors for this cancer, differential diagnosis of tongue tumors of this morphology and the latest recommendations for the diagnosis and therapy of tongue cancer.
Keywords
tumor, tongue, differential diagnosis, verrucous carcinoma, hybrid
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