Chondroma of Tongue: A Rare Case Report & Review of Literature

Anoop Attakkil, Vandana Thorawade, Mohan Jagade, Rajesh Kar, Kartik Parelkar, Dnyaneswar Rohe, Poonam Khairnar, Reshma Hanowate

Department of ENT, Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Hospital, Mumbai, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ijohns.2014.36064                

Abstract

Chondromas are common benign cartilaginous tumours in the skeletal system usually found in extremities. Extra skeletal chondromas are relatively uncommon of which those in head and neck regions are rarely documented. Although the tongue is one of the most common sites of oral soft tissue chondroma, lingual chondromas are rare as evidenced by the fact that only 33 cases are identified in the review of literature till now. This report has the objective of presenting a rare case of lingual enchondroma in a 26-year-old male which was excised with no evidence of recovery during follow up. We have also tried to present a concise review of the relevant literature.

Keywords

Soft Tissue Chondroma, Tongue

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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