Painful tongue leiomyoma

Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia

Gomes, Geraldo Augusto¹  Tomita, Shiro¹  Fonseca Júnior, Albino¹  Felix, Felippe¹  Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro¹  Arruda, Andréia Migueres¹  Miranda, Luzia Abrão El Hadj¹ 

关键词: benign mass;    leiomyoma;    tongue.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-72992006000500022

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial

【 摘 要 】

Leiomyomas are benign tumors that originate on the smooth muscle, usually found in the uterus, gastrointestinal tract and skin. This type of tumor rarely occurs in the oral cavity, specially because of the lack of smooth muscle in this area1. Its most frequent location in this region, by decreasing order of appearance is: lips, palate, tongue and oral mucosa2. It is usually asymptomatic; however it may be painful in some cases. Our goal with this paper is to report on a

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