Resumen

TORANZO FERNANDEZ, José Martín; COLUNGA, Rodolfo  y  GONZALEZ VALDEZ, Laura Gabriela. Leiomyosarcoma of the lateral border of the tongue: report of a case. Rev Esp Cirug Oral y Maxilofac [online]. 2014, vol.36, n.1, pp.27-31. ISSN 2173-9161.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maxilo.2012.03.003.

Leiomyosarcoma is an uncommon malignancy that is most commonly located in the gastrointestinal tract and female genitourinary tract. Its head and neck presentation mainly in the oral cavity is very rare. The following is a description of a clinical case of an unusual presentation of primary leiomyosarcoma of the lateral border of the tongue, bringing one more case to the isolated reports of these lesions of the head and neck as described in the literature.

Palabras clave : Leiomyosarcoma; Sarcoma; Tongue; Oral cavity.

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