RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Epithelioid sarcoma of the tongue.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 869
OP 870
DO 10.1136/jcp.50.10.869
VO 50
IS 10
A1 X Leroy
A1 A Delobelle
A1 J L Lefebvre
A1 V Cabaret
A1 F Bloget
A1 M O Vilain
YR 1997
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/50/10/869.abstract
AB A case of epithelioid sarcoma in the tongue is reported. The patient, a 35 year old woman, presented with a non-ulcerated painful lesion of the tongue. Microscopically, the tumour was characterised by multiple coalescent nodules with central geographic necrosis infiltrating the lingual muscle. The tumour cells were epithelioid with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and atypical nuclei. Immunohistochemically, the tumour cells stained for vimentin, keratin, and epithelial membrane antigen. These morphological and immunohistochemical appearances led to the diagnosis of epithelioid sarcoma of the tongue. Seven years later, the patient died with metastatic dissemination to the scalp, lungs, and brain. No case of epithelioid sarcoma arising in the tongue has been described previously.