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Verrucous carcinoma of the tongue — a rare case study

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Central European Journal of Medicine

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Verrucous carcinoma is a slow growing, well demarcated, exophytic variant of squamosus cell carcinoma with a characteristic verrucous presentation. It is a rare tumour and in 75% of cases it is localised in the oral cavity, and sporadically within the tongue. HPV infection is identified in 40% of patients. Good prognosis is characteristic for this tumour, since the 5-year survival is 93%. The authors describe a case of verrucous carcinoma localised in the tongue of a 62-year old patient. The clinical course, diagnostics and proposed treatment was described and discussed with the existing literature data.

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  1. Department of Oral Surgery in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia In Katowice, Katowice, Poland

    Jadwiga Waskowska, Rafal Koszowski & Agnieszka Raczkowska-Siostrzonek

  2. Chair and Department of Pathology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia In Katowice, Katowice, Poland

    Katarzyna Stemplewska

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Waskowska, J., Koszowski, R., Raczkowska-Siostrzonek, A. et al. Verrucous carcinoma of the tongue — a rare case study. cent.eur.j.med 7, 145–148 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11536-011-0137-7

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