Myoepithelioma of the Lateral Border of Tongue - A Rare Site of Occurrence and Dilemma of Diagnosis

A 62 year old female patient reported with a chief complaint of swelling in the tongue 1) from the past six months. The swelling was painless, and gradually grew in size. On examination the mass was roughly 3 cm anterio-posteriorly and 3 cm in thickness. Firm on palpation and had definite border. Computer tomography conducted showed, a smooth well circumscribed ovoid mass located in the left lateral border of the tongue at around the middle third measuring about 3 cms in all directions (Figure 2).

[1]  I. Fonseca,et al.  Epithelioid Myoepithelioma of the Parotid Gland: A Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study , 2018, International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences.

[2]  M. Jagade,et al.  Myoepithelioma of Tongue , 2013 .

[3]  Xiaojie Zhu,et al.  Myoepithelial carcinoma of intraoral minor salivary glands: a clinicopathological study of 7 cases and review of the literature. , 2010, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics.

[4]  M. Guzzo,et al.  Malignant myoepithelioma of salivary glands: Clinicopathological features of ten cases , 2005, Virchows Archiv A.

[5]  Oscar Lin,et al.  Myoepithelial cell‐rich neoplasms: Cytologic features of benign and malignant lesions , 2004, Cancer.

[6]  C. Su,et al.  Basal Cell Adenoma of the Sublingual Gland , 2003, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[7]  A. Huvos,et al.  Myoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary glands: a clinicopathologic study of 25 patients. , 2000, The American journal of surgical pathology.

[8]  I. Sugano,et al.  Salivary gland malignant myoepithelioma , 1998, Cancer.

[9]  W. McCluggage,et al.  Myoepithelial carcinoma (malignant myoepithelioma) of the parotid gland arising in a pleomorphic adenoma. , 1998, Journal of clinical pathology.

[10]  I. Dardick.  Myoepithelioma: definitions and diagnostic criteria. , 1995, Ultrastructural pathology.

[11]  P. Beasley,et al.  Benign myoepithelioma of the salivary glands: a true entity? , 1995, Histopathology.

[12]  I. Dardick,et al.  Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma: a case report with ultrastructural findings. , 1988, Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology.

[13]  L. Barnes,et al.  Myoepitheliomas of the head and neck: Case report and review , 1985 .

[14]  M. Merino,et al.  Pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid gland resembling mesenchymal tumors. , 1977, Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology.