A Case Report of Spindle Cell Carcinoma with Osteoid and Cartilage Formation in the Tongue
Sawako Ono,
Takuma Makino,
Hiroyuki Yanai,
Hotaka Kawai,
Kiyofumi Takabatake,
Keisuke Nakano,
Kenji Nishida,
Kohei Taniguchi,
Tomohiro Toji,
Hitoshi Nagatsuka,
Tadashi Yoshino
Affiliations
Sawako Ono
Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914, Japan
Takuma Makino
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914, Japan
Hiroyuki Yanai
Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914, Japan
Hotaka Kawai
Department of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Kiyofumi Takabatake
Department of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Keisuke Nakano
Department of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Kenji Nishida
Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914, Japan
Kohei Taniguchi
Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914, Japan
Tomohiro Toji
Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914, Japan
Hitoshi Nagatsuka
Department of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Tadashi Yoshino
Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914, Japan
Spindle cell carcinoma (SCSCC) with osteoid and/or cartilage formation in the head and neck is rare; only one case was reported in the tongue. Herein, we report an SCSCC with osteoid and cartilage formation of the tongue developed in an 85-year-old man, and then review the report.
