Author: Sarah H. Glass, D.D.S.
A biopsy of a lesion from the lateral border of the tongue in a 63 year old man demonstrates the histopathology seen below. What is the diagnosis?
Select an answer:
A. Epithelial dysplasia
B. Granular cell tumor
C. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
D. Squamous cell carcinoma
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Thanks to Dr. Kelly Magliocca, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA for contributing this case and discussion and to Dr. Molly Housley Smith, Pathology & Cytology Labs, Lexington, Kentucky, USA for reviewing the discussion.
Clinical history:
A 3 week old female infant had a pedunculated lesion of the anterior maxillary alveolar process, which was excised.
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Author: Abberly Lott Limbach, M.D.
A 45 year old patient presents with a painless 0.5 cm white nodule on the left lateral tongue. A biopsy is performed and a representative image from the histology is shown below. What is the diagnosis?
Select an answer:
A. Fordyce granule
B. Lymphoepithelial cyst
C. Lymphoid aggregate
D. Mucocele
E. Sialolith
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