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Case Reports
. 2016 Jun 15;7(3):23.
doi: 10.21699/ajcr.v7i3.432. eCollection 2016 Jul-Aug.

Infantile Fibrosarcoma of Tongue: A Rare Tumor

Fazal I Wahid  1 , Bakht Zada  1 , Gul Rafique  1
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Case Reports

Infantile Fibrosarcoma of Tongue: A Rare Tumor

Fazal I Wahid et al. APSP J Case Rep. .

Abstract

Infantile fibrosarcoma is very rare tumor and seldom occurs in oral cavity. Overall good prognosis is reported in more than 80% cases. We present a 5-month old female patient with swelling of the tongue for four months. This was excised completely. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry revealed it as infantile fibrosarcoma of grade II.

Keywords: Fibrosarcoma; Infantile fibrosarcoma; Soft tissue tumor.

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Figure 1:Five month old baby with swelling of the tongue.
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Figure 2:Post-operative picture after excision of the mass.
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