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Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Tongue

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A 51-year-old white female presented with a painful ulcer of the left ventrolateral tongue. An incisional biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of adenosquamous carcinoma. The adenosquamous carcinoma is an uncommon malignant tumor with histopathological features of a squamous carcinoma and an adenocarcinoma. A definitive diagnosis requires histopathological examination of a deep biopsy involving the submucosal tissue. This malignant tumor shows aggressive behavior with early invasive growth and a poor prognosis. The histopathological findings and differential diagnosis of a case of adenosquamous carcinoma of the tongue are discussed.

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  1. Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, B-204 Magnuson Health Sciences Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 357133, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Yeshwant B. Rawal

  2. Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Kenneth M. Anderson

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This case was presented at the Continued Competency Examination of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.

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Rawal, Y.B., Anderson, K.M. Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Tongue. Head and Neck Pathol 12, 576–579 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-017-0877-z

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