AN UNUSUAL CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

A 64-year-old white female patient went to a dental service to investigate a lesion on her tongue that she had observed herself but could not tell how long this change had been in her mouth. On examination, a sessile, friable, normochromic nodule, measuring about 5mm, on the lateral border of the le...

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Published in:Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 2023-07, Vol.136 (1), p.e79-e79
Main Authors: CORDEIRO, Luana Clementino, Silvares, Marcelo GALINDO, Buexm, Luisa AGUIRRE, Alves, Adriana Terezinha Neves NOVELLINO, Leite, Ana Flávia SCHUELER de Assumpção, LOURENÇO, Simone de Queiroz Chaves
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Language:English
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Summary:A 64-year-old white female patient went to a dental service to investigate a lesion on her tongue that she had observed herself but could not tell how long this change had been in her mouth. On examination, a sessile, friable, normochromic nodule, measuring about 5mm, on the lateral border of the left tongue was detected, and the diagnostic hypothesis was a verrucous lesion. An excisional biopsy was performed, and the histopathological report was compatible with oral squamous cell carcinoma. This case report shows that oral malignant lesions do not always have a classical clinical manifestation, and often surprise even experienced professionals with this diagnosis. Therefore, it is essential to conduct a thorough diagnostic process of all oral lesions, regardless of the clinical diagnostic hypothesis of malignancy.
ISSN:2212-4403
2212-4411
DOI:10.1016/j.oooo.2023.03.290