A case of spindle cell carcinoma of the bilateral mandibular gingiva

Autor: Hiroshige Chiba, Taiichi Kudoh, Kazufumi Honda, Motoshi Takamori, Yozo Yamada, Yu Inoue
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. 40:1181-1183
ISSN: 2186-1579
0021-5163
DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.40.1181
Popis: Spindle cell carcinoma is a rare neoplasm of the oral cavity. It difficult consists mainly of spindle cells but main various contain other types of tumor cells. Diagnosis is often.In this paper, a spindle cell carcinoma arising in the gingiva of the left impacted third molar in a 64 year-old man is reported.After chemotherapy, radiotherapy and curative resection of the primary tumor, a second tumor developed at the same site of the contralateral gingiva.Based on immunohistochemical and electron microscopic findings, these tumors were diagnosed as spindle cell carcinomas.
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