LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE TONGUE - A CASE-REP ORT

We report on a 48-year old female patient presenting with a spherical firm tumour that developed within a period of about three weeks. No ca usative trauma could be assessed. The tumour was surgically removed an d turned out to be a leiomyosarcoma of the tongue. Probably the tumour originated from the vascular smooth muscle cells. Clinically this ver y rare tumour of the tongue must be differentiated from various benign and malignant mesenchymal neoplasms. Therapeutic considerations and d ifferential diagnosis are discussed in reviewing the literature.