A Case of Pedunculated Papilloma of the Tongue
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A. R., male, aged about 50 years, came to see me on 9th March, 1925. He complained of a growth on his tongue, first noticed between two and three months ago. This had rapidly increased in size, and was now causing him great difficulty in eating his food. The growth also showed a tendency to fall backwards during his sleep, and on several occasions he had awoken choking. About a month ago he gave a history of swelling pain and tenderness in the submaxillary region; this had subsided. On examination I found a large pedunculated tumour, about one and a half inches long, one inch broad and half an inch thick, lying on the dorsum of the tongue, and attached to it by a pedicle half an inch in diameter immediately anterior to the circumvallate papilla, in the mid line. The
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