1. Primary B cell lymphoma of the tongue base: a case report
- Author
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Khelif Abderrahim, Achour Asma, Regaieg Haifa, Abdessayed Nesrine, Achour Bechir, Ben Youssef Yosra, and Sriha Badreddine
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Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,T cell ,Case Report ,Oral cavity ,Tongue Base ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Tongue ,tongue ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,medicine ,Humans ,B-cell lymphoma ,Cyclophosphamide ,B cell ,Aged ,Epirubicin ,lcsh:R5-920 ,b-cell neoplasms ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,non hodgkin lymphoma ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Lymphoma ,Tongue Neoplasms ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Vincristine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Prednisone ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse ,business ,Rituximab ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma - Abstract
Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma’s of the tongue is very rare and accounts for 1% of all malignant tumor of the oral cavity. Clinical features are non-specific ulcerative lesions that do not heal. In the literature, the majority of cases are diffuse large B cell type however, T cell phenotype also may occur. We describe a 77 years old man, who presented with an ulcerative mass in the left margin of the tongue the diagnosis diffuse large B cell lymphoma was confirmed. The patient is actually on treatment R-mini CEOP and has favorable evolution.
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- 2016