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Case Reports
. 2021 Nov 30;14(11):e246740.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246740.

Spindle cell carcinoma of tongue

Antony Raj James  1 , Raghul Sekar  2 , Sivaraman Ganesan  1 , Bheemanathi Hanuman Srinivas  3
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Case Reports

Spindle cell carcinoma of tongue

Antony Raj James et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ear; nose and throat/otolaryngology; oncology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Gross appearance showing a slough covered smooth, polypoidal mass attached to the left lateral border of tongue and (B) lateral surface of the mass showing areas of haemorrhage.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Sections show sheets of tumour cells with overlying squamous epithelium (H&EX40) and (B) round to oval cells which show marked degree of nuclear atypical and frequent mitotic figures (arrow head) (H&EX200).
Figure 3
Figure 3
(A) IHC with vimentin show strong cytoplasm positivity (DABx100), (B) cytokeratin IHC show scattered tumour cells show positivity (DABx200) and (C) shows P63 IHC negative in tumour cells and positive in overlying epithelium (DABx100). IHC, Immunohistochemistry.
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