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Case Reports
. 2019 Nov 25;191(47):E1310.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190677.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the dorsal tongue

Keiichi Ohta  1 , Hitoshi Yoshimura  2
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Case Reports

Squamous cell carcinoma of the dorsal tongue

Keiichi Ohta et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) Well-circumscribed, irregular 8 × 7 mm mass in the dorsal tongue midline (arrow) in a 67-year-old man. Histopathological examination with hematoxylin–eosin staining showed (B) thickened epithelium with infiltration beneath the basement membrane (arrows) (magnification × 40) and (C) nuclear enlargement and increased mitotic figures in the basal layer (magnification × 400), consistent with squamous cell carcinoma.
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