Clinical Oncology: Case Reports

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Koroku Kato Author

k-koroku@oral.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Subjects of specialization
cancer, cancer oncology, Carcinogenesis

Affiliation
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Biography

Dr. Laura Gazal Passos is working as scientist and professor at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan. The author has specalization in cancer, cancer oncology, chemotherapy, Carcinogenesis, Chemotherapy

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Angioleiomyoma in the Facies Inferior Linguae: A Rare Case and a Literature Review

Author(s):

Koroku Kato*, Atsushi Honbo, Hiroki Miyazawa, Natsuyo Noguchi, Kazuhiro Ooi and Shuichi Kawashiri

Angioleiomyoma rarely occurs in the oral cavity, and it is extremely rare for this tumor to occur in the facies inferior linguae. We describe an exceptional angioleiomyoma that presented in the right facies inferior linguae in an obese 51-year-old female with hepatopathy. MRI showed high signal on T2-weighted image and the clear visualization of muscle and iso-signal on T1-weighted image. We excised the tumor under general anaesthesia as the clinical diagnosis of benign tongue tumor. The tumor was covered with a capsule, and the split surface was yellowish white. Hematoxylin-eosin staining revealed that the wide, spindle-shaped cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm had a bundle-like and complex array, and slit-like blood vessels with branching were scattered. The smooth muscle of the blood ... view more»

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