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...

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...

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: 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...

OBJECTIVES The diagnosis of cancer of unknown primary (CUP) in head and neck occurs when the treating clinicians have utilised all available diagnostic tests and failed to identify the origin of the disease. There is no agreed consensus on which diagnostic investigations to use, or the order in which to use them in, although broad recommendations exist. Small tumours arising in the tongue base ...

BACKGROUND Multilevel obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea commonly includes retroglossal obstruction. To improve surgical success rates, tongue volume reduction with posterior midline glossectomy and/or lingual tonsillectomy is widely performed. METHODS Nasotracheal intubation was utilized, and the combined tongue procedure was performed as a final step after palatal surgery. The tongue wa...

Abscess of the tongue base is a very rare clinical entity. It may be life-threatening according to narrowing of upper airway. Tongue base abscess should be considered in patients who presented with tongue swelling, dysphagia and dyspnea. Aspiration of the purulent material by needle is adequate both for treatment and diagnosis. We present a case of tongue base abscess presented with dysphagia, ...

Background: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) rarely occurs in the base of tongue. The aim of the study was to investigate the clinicopathological findings in patients with base-of-tongue NHL. Methods: The computerized files of 10 patients with primary NHL in the base of the tongue from 1997 to 2007 at a major tertiary medical center were reviewed. Results: There are three females and seven males ag...