Metastatic cutaneous carcinosarcoma to the tongue.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 39(10): 1033-6, 2010 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-20570108
ABSTRACT
Carcinosarcoma is a rare malignant tumour composed of a mixture of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. Carcinosarcoma metastatic to the tongue is extremely rare. An 84-year-old woman presented with a rapidly growing mass on the tongue. She had a history of surgery for carcinosarcoma of the occipital skin 9 months before. An excisional biopsy of the tongue mass was performed, and the lesion was histopathologically diagnosed as carcinosarcoma. PET after diagnosis showed multiple hot uptakes in the whole body. The patient died of the disease 2 months after diagnosis. Therapies for patients with metastatic malignant tumours to the oral cavity are difficult, especially in aggressive case such as this. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of metastatic carcinosarcoma to the tongue.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Skin Neoplasms
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Tongue Neoplasms
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Carcinosarcoma
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japón