Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the tongue

Y K Chen; L M Lin; C C Lin

doi:10.1258/0022215011908900

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the tongue

J Laryngol Otol. 2001 Sep;115(9):763-5. doi: 10.1258/0022215011908900.

Authors

Y K Chen¹, L M Lin, C C Lin

Affiliation

¹ Oral Pathology Department, College of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.

PMID: 11564315
DOI: 10.1258/0022215011908900

Abstract

A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma, which developed in the tongue of a 16-year-old girl is presented. Surgical excision with, or without, radical neck dissection is the treatment of choice of this type of lesion.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / surgery
Humans
Neck Dissection
Tongue Neoplasms / pathology*
Tongue Neoplasms / surgery