Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
1997 Jun;40(6):937-941.
A Case of Verrucous Carcinoma of Base of Tongue
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Verrucous carcinoma is simply very well differentiated malignant neoplasm. It is unique only in that the diagnosis is difficult to make histologically and locally invasive but metastasis is rare. Clinically, verrucous carcinoma is often warty and usually exophytic. It can be multicentric. It looks uniquely epithelial. When biopsy is done, the pathologist uses words such as "hyperplasia", "keratosis" or "fibrosis", however is reluctant to use the word "carcinoma". Verrrucous carcinoma can be present in three forms: oral or mucosal, genital, and plantar. Base of tongue is uncommon site in it. Authors are reporting a case of huge verrucous carcinoma of base of tongue with a view of the related articles.
