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Adenosquamous Carcinoma Of The Tongue, Yeshwant B. Rawal, Kenneth M. Anderson
Adenosquamous Carcinoma Of The Tongue, Yeshwant B. Rawal, Kenneth M. Anderson
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
A 51-year-old white female presented with a painful ulcer of the left ventrolateral tongue. An incisional biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of adenosquamous carcinoma. The adenosquamous carcinoma is an uncommon malignant tumor with histopathological features of a squamous carcinoma and an adenocarcinoma. A definitive diagnosis requires histopathological examination of a deep biopsy involving the submucosal tissue. This malignant tumor shows aggressive behavior with early invasive growth and a poor prognosis. The histopathological findings and differential diagnosis of a case of adenosquamous carcinoma of the tongue are discussed.
Angioleiomyoma (Vascular Leiomyoma) Of The Oral Cavity, Swati Y. Rawal, Yeshwant B. Rawal
Angioleiomyoma (Vascular Leiomyoma) Of The Oral Cavity, Swati Y. Rawal, Yeshwant B. Rawal
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
A 70-year-old male presented with a slow growing, dome shaped and painless mass of the hard palate. The mass was excised. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a angioleiomyoma (vascular leiomyoma). A leiomyoma is an uncommon benign tumor of smooth muscle differentiation. True leiomyomas of the oral cavity are rare and most oral tumors are derived from the smooth muscle of walls of blood vessels. Therefore, they are called vascular leiomyomas or angioleiomyomas. Clinically, they may resemble a myriad other conditions both benign and malignant. A definitive diagnosis depends upon histopathological examination of the biopsied tissue in correlation with the …