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Case 34 - Rhabdomyoma Adult Type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2019

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Alessandro Franchi
Edited by
Alessandro Franchi
Alessandro Franchi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Summary

A 66-year-old man presented with a nontender polypoid nodule, covered by normal appearing mucosa, localized in the dorsum of the tongue. The lesion measured approximately 1.5 cm in greatest diameter and had been present for at least 1 year. An excisional biopsy was performed.

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Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck Pathology , pp. 74 - 75
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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