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Case Reports
. 2025 Feb:127:110768.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2024.110768. Epub 2024 Dec 24.

Lingual osteoma: A case report

Anahita Alizadeh  1 , Mohadeseh Karimi  2 , Seyed Abdollah Mousavi  3 , Dornaz Safavi  4
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Case Reports

Lingual osteoma: A case report

Anahita Alizadeh et al. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2025 Feb.

Abstract

Introduction and importance: Lingual osteoma is a rare benign osteogenic tongue tumor. Osteomas usually arise from craniofacial bones and are rare in the intraoral region.

Case presentation: The tongue mass of a 20-year-old Persian woman with a history of several years of lump sensation was removed, and the histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of osteoma.

Clinical discussion: Most lesions are 0.5 to 2 cm in diameter, pedunculated, and unilateral and are mostly located at the posterior third of the dorsal tongue near the foramen cecum. Histological examination of the osteoma revealed well-circumscribed lesions composed of benign mature bone with haversian-like canals, which was surrounded by a thin fibrous capsule.

Conclusions: Although lingual osteoma is a rare tumor of the tongue area, it should be considered in patients with difficulty swallowing, especially those with lump sensation.

Keywords: Craniofacial bones; Intraoral region; Lingual osteoma; Osteogenic tumor.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Mature bone trabecula with fibrous stroma and lined with stratified squamous epithelium.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A-B show mature bone trabecula with fibrous stroma and lined with stratified squamous epithelium.
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