Lymphoma of the Base of the Tongue: An Incidental Finding on the Preoperative Workup for a Spine Surgery

Lymphoma of the tongue is very rare and accounts for 1% of all malignant tumors of the oral cavity. We present a patient who presented with weakness and difficulties with ambulation who was a known cervical spine spondylosis and stenosis patient. During the preoperative workup for cervical spine sur...

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Autor principal: Walid, Mohammad Sami
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3318884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22493655
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr2009.07.1251
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Sumario:Lymphoma of the tongue is very rare and accounts for 1% of all malignant tumors of the oral cavity. We present a patient who presented with weakness and difficulties with ambulation who was a known cervical spine spondylosis and stenosis patient. During the preoperative workup for cervical spine surgery a tumor at the base of the tongue was discovered which was confirmed by pathology to be a lymphoma. KEYWORDS: Lymphoma; Tongue; Spine surgery; Preoperative workup

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