Speech findings of tongue and oral base excision patients before and after tongue contact assistine equipment.

Base of Tongue Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that has displayed increasing incidence in the last decades. It is estimated that up to 20% of tuberculosis cases affect extra-pulmonary organs. In the ENT area, soft palate and tongue are the least probable locations.   Case Report A 62-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis and treatment with corticosteroids and Adalimumab, d...

Excision of the Tongue

Cancerous Tumour of Tongue: Excision

? some 4 months ago. A small sore resulted, which, instead of healing, has gone on steadily increasing in size. There is a good deal of shooting pain, difficulty in speaking and swallowing, and much distress generally. On admission into the Medical College Hospital a few days ago a large epithelioma with cracked fungating base and indurated everted edges was seen occupying the right side of ton...

Outcome of tongue cancer and early diagnosis

Back ground and Objective:Oral cancer is primarily a disease of epithelial origin. The tongue is the most common site of oral cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of tongue cancer and signs, symptoms, clinical features, and site of lesions in addition to factors affected this cancer.  Materials Methods and:Twenty eight medical records of patients who a...

Schwannoma of the Tongue Base: A Case Report

  Tongue base lesions have a diverse and extensive etiology. One of the benign tongue base lesions is schwannoma. Schwannoma and neurofibroma are two tumors of the peripheral nerves originating in the nerve sheaths. Schwannoma account for just over 1% of benign tumors which have been reported in the ora...