Malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the tongue: case report and review of the literature

Hussein Hassan Hamed Ibrahim; Mahmoud Sayed Ahmad; Waddah Abdo Eskaf; Petr Schuütz

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.12.024

Malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the tongue: case report and review of the literature

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2011 May;111(5):e24-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.12.024.

Authors

Hussein Hassan Hamed Ibrahim¹, Mahmoud Sayed Ahmad, Waddah Abdo Eskaf, Petr Schuütz

Affiliation

¹ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Al-Adan Dental Center, Al-Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait. hussein20022002@hotmail.com

PMID: 21497732
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.12.024

Abstract

A case of malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the tongue is reported. The patient was a 60-year-old woman. She underwent extended hemiglossectomy, neck dissection and reconstruction of the defect with radial forearm microvascular free flap. Etiology, histopathology, differential diagnosis, clinical presentation, and treatment of GISTs are discussed. The absence of any previous report in the English-language literature about the occurrence of GIST in the tongue is emphasized.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Female
Free Tissue Flaps
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology*
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / surgery
Glossectomy
Humans
Middle Aged
Neck Dissection
Sarcoma / pathology*
Sarcoma / surgery
Tongue Neoplasms / pathology*
Tongue Neoplasms / surgery