Multiple masses on the tongue of a patient with generalized mucocutaneous lesions

PLoS Med. 2008 Nov 11;5(11):e212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050212.

Abstract

Luca Pastore and colleagues discuss the differential diagnosis and management of a 62-year-old man who presented with a 6-cm fungating mass on the dorsum of the tongue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / classification
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lichen Planus, Oral / diagnosis*
  • Lichen Planus, Oral / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tongue / pathology*
  • Tongue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Tongue Neoplasms / pathology