Acta Med. 2013, 56: 124-125

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2014.20

MYOPERICYTOMA OF THE TONGUE: A CASE REPORT

Sevtap Akbuluta, Derya Berka, Mehmet G Demira, Sibel Kayahanb

aDr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
bDr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey: Department of Pathology

Myopericytoma is a rare benign tumour composed of pericytic cells that show myoid differentiation and have a tendency for concentric perivascular growth. It belongs to a spectrum of perivascular myoid cell neoplasms. To date, only a small number of cases of myopericytoma involving the oral cavity have been reported. We describe a case of myopericytoma presenting as a slowly growing tongue nodule in a 61-year-old woman. A diagnosis of myopericytoma was established with the histopathological findings combined with immunohistochemical staining. Myopericytoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of well-circumscribed, slow-growing lesions of the oral cavity.

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