Journal of PEARLDENT
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Oral squamous cell carcinoma of tongue

  • Author:
  • S. Natarajan, Balasundari Shreedhar, Mala Kamboj, Akhtar Riaz, Daksh Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 38 to 40

Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences Hospital, Lucknow

*Corresponding Author: Dr. S Natarajan, Professor, Dept of Oral Pathology & Microbiology Career Post Graduate Institute of dental Sciences & Hospital, Lucknow

Online published on 29 April, 2013.

Abstract

Squamous Cell Carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity usually affecting individuals over 50–60 years of age and the patients give a long history of tobacco and alcohol use. It rarely occurs in patients who are less than 40 years old (0.4–5.5%). The rarity of this lesion in young patients implies that clinicians might not include it in the differential diagnosis. We hereby present a case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the tongue in a 18 year old male.

Keywords

Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Malignant Neoplasm, Tobacco