Osseous Choristoma of the Tongue: A Review of Etiopathogenesis

Osseous choristoma is a normal bone tissue in an ectopic position. In the oral region lingual localization occurs more frequently and the mass is generally localized on the dorsum of the tongue. Definitive diagnosis is obtained only after histopathologic examination. The etiology remains already deb...

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Autores principales: Gorini, Edoardo, Mullace, Mauro, Migliorini, Luca, Mevio, Emilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25580337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/373104
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author Gorini, Edoardo
Mullace, Mauro
Migliorini, Luca
Mevio, Emilio
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description Osseous choristoma is a normal bone tissue in an ectopic position. In the oral region lingual localization occurs more frequently and the mass is generally localized on the dorsum of the tongue. Definitive diagnosis is obtained only after histopathologic examination. The etiology remains already debatable. The treatment of choice is surgical excision. In this paper we present a case of tongue osseous choristoma and a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-42797092015-01-11 Osseous Choristoma of the Tongue: A Review of Etiopathogenesis Gorini, Edoardo Mullace, Mauro Migliorini, Luca Mevio, Emilio Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Osseous choristoma is a normal bone tissue in an ectopic position. In the oral region lingual localization occurs more frequently and the mass is generally localized on the dorsum of the tongue. Definitive diagnosis is obtained only after histopathologic examination. The etiology remains already debatable. The treatment of choice is surgical excision. In this paper we present a case of tongue osseous choristoma and a review of the literature. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4279709/ /pubmed/25580337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/373104 Text en Copyright © 2014 Edoardo Gorini 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.
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