Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid

A 69-year-old woman with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the tongue base came under our observation complaining of repeated episodes of haemoptysis. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base gives rise to a rather vague and aspecific symptomatology. Early symptoms include foreign body sensation...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Martellucci, Salvatore, Pagliuca, Giulio, de Vincentiis, Marco, Rosato, Chiara, Scaini, Ettore, Gallipoli, Camilla, Gallo, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/925630
_version_ 1782260347767357440
author Martellucci, Salvatore
Pagliuca, Giulio
de Vincentiis, Marco
Rosato, Chiara
Scaini, Ettore
Gallipoli, Camilla
Gallo, Andrea
author_facet Martellucci, Salvatore
Pagliuca, Giulio
de Vincentiis, Marco
Rosato, Chiara
Scaini, Ettore
Gallipoli, Camilla
Gallo, Andrea
author_sort Martellucci, Salvatore
collection PubMed
description A 69-year-old woman with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the tongue base came under our observation complaining of repeated episodes of haemoptysis. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base gives rise to a rather vague and aspecific symptomatology. Early symptoms include foreign body sensation in the oral cavity, undefined paraesthesia, and sialorrhoea. With the progression of disease, dysphagia, otalgia, and painful swallowing are usually referred. We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3580922
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-35809222013-03-09 Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid Martellucci, Salvatore Pagliuca, Giulio de Vincentiis, Marco Rosato, Chiara Scaini, Ettore Gallipoli, Camilla Gallo, Andrea Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report A 69-year-old woman with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the tongue base came under our observation complaining of repeated episodes of haemoptysis. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base gives rise to a rather vague and aspecific symptomatology. Early symptoms include foreign body sensation in the oral cavity, undefined paraesthesia, and sialorrhoea. With the progression of disease, dysphagia, otalgia, and painful swallowing are usually referred. We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3580922/ /pubmed/23476860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/925630 Text en Copyright © 2013 Salvatore Martellucci et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Martellucci, Salvatore
Pagliuca, Giulio
de Vincentiis, Marco
Rosato, Chiara
Scaini, Ettore
Gallipoli, Camilla
Gallo, Andrea
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid
title Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid
title_full Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid
title_fullStr Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid
title_full_unstemmed Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid
title_short Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid
title_sort mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/925630
work_keys_str_mv AT martelluccisalvatore mucoepidermoidcarcinomaofthetonguebasemimickinganectopicthyroid
AT pagliucagiulio mucoepidermoidcarcinomaofthetonguebasemimickinganectopicthyroid
AT devincentiismarco mucoepidermoidcarcinomaofthetonguebasemimickinganectopicthyroid
AT rosatochiara mucoepidermoidcarcinomaofthetonguebasemimickinganectopicthyroid
AT scainiettore mucoepidermoidcarcinomaofthetonguebasemimickinganectopicthyroid
AT gallipolicamilla mucoepidermoidcarcinomaofthetonguebasemimickinganectopicthyroid
AT galloandrea mucoepidermoidcarcinomaofthetonguebasemimickinganectopicthyroid

Ejemplares similares