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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Yuk-Kwan Chen
Affiliation:
Oral Pathology Department, College of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Li-Min Lin
Affiliation:
Oral Pathology Department, College of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Cheng-Chung Lin
Affiliation:
Oral Pathology Department, College of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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