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Case Reports
. 2012 May 14:4:20.
doi: 10.1186/1758-3284-4-20.

Tongue cancer in young patients: case report of a 26-year-old patient

Aleksandra Credé  1 , Michael Locher, Marius Bredell
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Tongue cancer in young patients: case report of a 26-year-old patient

Aleksandra Credé et al. Head Neck Oncol. .

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  • Comment: Head and Neck Oncology.
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Abstract

Introduction: This article presents the case of a 26-year-old woman with tongue cancer. The median age at the diagnosis of the tongue's cancer is 61 years. Only approximately 2% of patients are diagnosed before the age of 35.

Case presentation: Our patient survived acute myeloid leukemia (AML) before her second year. She had been having recurrent, poorly healing aphtae on the right side of the tongue for a period of months before the symptoms of the tongue cancer appeared. As a treatment a partial glossectomy was conducted on the right side and a neck dissection of levels I-III. Than a reconstruction of the tongue with a radialis free vascularised flap from left side was performed.

Discussion: It should be always looked for the causal factor in young patients with a neoplasm. There is strong evidence for second malignant neoplasms in survivors of childhood cancer.

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Lateral view of 2 cm ulcer on middle third of the right side of the tongue.
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Frontal view of 2 cm ulcer on middle third of the right side of the tongue.
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Completed right sided neck dissection.
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Direct post operative donor site.
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Raised radial forearm free flap.
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Figure 6
Donor site 3 weeks post operatively.
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Figure 7
3 week post operative view showing good tongue mobility.
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Figure 8
Lateral view 3 weeks post operatively.
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