Tongue

An illustration showing the tongue.

Tongue is a thingy in the mouth.

Benign

• Candida.
• Hairy leukoplakia.
• Pyogenic granuloma.

Tumours

• Pyogenic granuloma - not classically a tongue lesion.
• Granular cell tumour - classically base of tongue, may be malignant.

Malignant

• Squamous cell carcinoma.
  • Human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma - especially the base of the tongue.
• Alveolar soft part sarcoma - base of tongue especially.
• Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma.
• Cribriform adenocarcinoma of the minor salivary gland.

See also

• Oral pathology.
• Tonsil.
• Gastrointestinal pathology.
• Head and neck pathology.