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Tongue myxoma

MedGen UID:
1841951
•Concept ID:
C5826575
•
Neoplastic Process
HPO: HP:0034668

Definition

A myxoma (benign soft tissue neoplasm characterized by the presence of spindle and stellate cells, lobulated growth pattern, and myxoid stroma formation) localized in the tongue. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTongue myxoma

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Rapidly Growing Superficial Angiomyxoma in Mandibular Gingiva: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Morimoto M, Takano M, Sato T, Kitamura T, Makino S
Head Neck Pathol 2022 Sep;16(3):956-961. Epub 2022 Apr 9 doi: 10.1007/s12105-022-01447-4. PMID: 35397068Free PMC Article
Nerve sheath myxoma of the tongue.
Spadari F, Guzzi G, Bombeccari GP, Mariani U, Gianatti A, Ruffoni D, Costantino D
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2014;22(1):52-6. PMID: 24813843
Oral ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumor: case report and literature review.
Portnof JE, Friedman JM, Reich R, Freedman PD, Behrman DA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2009 Oct;108(4):e20-4. Epub 2009 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.05.040. PMID: 19716722
The ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumor: a review.
Allen CM
Oral Dis 2008 Jul;14(5):390-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2008.01447.x. PMID: 18593455
Well-differentiated liposarcoma of the tongue.
Nunes FD, Loducca SV, de Oliveira EM, de Araújo VC
Oral Oncol 2002 Jan;38(1):117-9. doi: 10.1016/s1368-8375(01)00030-6. PMID: 11755832

Therapy

Hairy intraoral flap--an unusual indication for laser epilation: a series of 5 cases and review of the literature.
Shim TN, Abdullah A, Lanigan S, Avery C
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011 Oct;49(7):e50-2. Epub 2011 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.11.021. PMID: 21306803

Prognosis

Unusual tumours of the heart: diagnostic and prognostic implications.
Makhija Z, Deshpande R, Desai J
J Cardiothorac Surg 2009 Jan 12;4:4. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-4-4. PMID: 19138421Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Rapidly Growing Superficial Angiomyxoma in Mandibular Gingiva: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Morimoto M, Takano M, Sato T, Kitamura T, Makino S
Head Neck Pathol 2022 Sep;16(3):956-961. Epub 2022 Apr 9 doi: 10.1007/s12105-022-01447-4. PMID: 35397068Free PMC Article
Cyclin D1 Expression in Ectomesenchymal Chondromyxoid Tumor of the Anterior Tongue.
Laco J, Mottl R, Höbling W, Ihrler S, Grossmann P, Skalova A, Ryska A
Int J Surg Pathol 2016 Oct;24(7):586-94. Epub 2016 May 29 doi: 10.1177/1066896916652221. PMID: 27240862

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