Leiomyosarcoma of tongue

Abstract

Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant smooth muscle tumour. Oral leiomyosarcoma in particular of the tongue is extremely rare and poorly documented. We report a case of 38 year old woman with 1 year history of painless growing mass on the left hemi tongue with difficulty in swallowing diagnosed as Leiomyosarcoma tongue on histopathology. Surgical excision was done under general anesthesia. After 3 months of regular follow up and radiotherapy patient is doing fine without any recurrence or metastasis.

Keywords

• Excision
• leiomyosarcoma
• tongue