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Martellucci S, Pagliuca G, de Vincentiis M, et al. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2013;2013:925630doi: 10.1155/2013/925630.
Martellucci, S., Pagliuca, G., de Vincentiis, M., Rosato, C., Scaini, E., Gallipoli, C., & Gallo, A. (2013). Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid. Case reports in otolaryngology, 2013925630. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/925630
Martellucci, Salvatore, et al. "Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid." Case reports in otolaryngology vol. 2013 (2013): 925630. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/925630
Martellucci S, Pagliuca G, de Vincentiis M, Rosato C, Scaini E, Gallipoli C, Gallo A. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2013;2013:925630. doi: 10.1155/2013/925630. Epub 2013 Feb 07. PMID: 23476860; PMCID: PMC3580922.
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Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2013;2013:925630. doi: 10.1155/2013/925630. Epub 2013 Feb 07.

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid.

Case reports in otolaryngology

Salvatore Martellucci, Giulio Pagliuca, Marco de Vincentiis, Chiara Rosato, Ettore Scaini, Camilla Gallipoli, Andrea Gallo

Affiliations

  1. ENT Section, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 00192 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 23476860 PMCID: PMC3580922 DOI: 10.1155/2013/925630

Abstract

A 69-year-old woman with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the tongue base came under our observation complaining of repeated episodes of haemoptysis. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base gives rise to a rather vague and aspecific symptomatology. Early symptoms include foreign body sensation in the oral cavity, undefined paraesthesia, and sialorrhoea. With the progression of disease, dysphagia, otalgia, and painful swallowing are usually referred. We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base mimicking an ectopic thyroid.

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