we report a rare case of base of tongue tuberculosis following pulmonary tuberculosis. patient presented to us with chief complaints of sore throat and pain on swallowing for period of 3 months. on examination with 70 degree telescope, we observed an ulcer on right side of base of tongue. the edges of the ulcer appeared to be undermined with whitish slough at the centre of the ulcer. examinatio...

Introduction  Oral cavity carcinoma is an aggressive tumor, with the tongue being one of the most common subsites of involvement. Surgery is a gold standard method of dealing with advanced-stage tumors. However, for early-stage carcinomas of the tongue, the management remains controversial. Several studies have indicated that early-stage cancers have a high chance of occult cervical node metast...

background: there is a variation in trends of oral cancers all over the world. many studies have reported evidence of increasing incidence in oral cancers during recent years. the purpose of this study was to investigate time trends and changes in demographic distribution of oral cancers incidence in isfahan during 1991-2010. materials and methods: in this retrospective analytic study, we colle...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and relative frequency of oral and pharyngeal cancers in Kermanshah, Iran, from March 1993 until March 2006.METHODS: The data used in this epidemiologic study were extracted directly from pathology records registered in 12 (all) public and private pathology centers of Kermanshah province during the 13-year study period. Th...

A search of the literature discloses the extreme rari ty of oral carcinomas in domesticated and captive wild animals. Only 15 cases of carcinoma of the tongue in domesticated animals (horse, cow, cat, dog) reported from various countries have come to our a t tent ion (14). The autopsy records of the 10,298 mammals and birds tha t died in the Philadelphia Zoological Garden during a period of abo...

A search of the literature discloses the extreme rari ty of oral carcinomas in domesticated and captive wild animals. Only 15 cases of carcinoma of the tongue in domesticated animals (horse, cow, cat, dog) reported from various countries have come to our a t tent ion (14). The autopsy records of the 10,298 mammals and birds tha t died in the Philadelphia Zoological Garden during a period of abo...

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 oral cavity and base of the tongue and with regard to its involved area in the oral cavity is very...