Table 1 Previously recorded cases of leiomyosarcoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx

Blanc et al. Gaz Hebd Med Chir 21: 611 [16]

1884

M

33

Tongue

-

Glas et al. Wien Klin Wscher 18:168 [17]

1905

M

44

Tongue

-

Stout et al. Am J Cancer 34:31 (case 1) [18]

1938

M

50

Tongue

-

Stout et al. Am J Cancer 34:31 (case 2) [18]

1938

W

29

Base of tongue

-

Burford et al. Am J Orthhod 30:395 [19]

1944

M

32

Base of tongue

-

Yannopoulo et al. Cancer 15: 958 [20]

1962

M

1

Tip of tongue

Excision

Bertelli et al. Oral Surg 19: 771 [21]

1965

M

43

Tip of tongue

-

MacDonald et al. Br J Oral Surg 6:207 [22]

1969

W

11

Dorsum of tongue

Excision

Goldberg et al. J Oral Surg 28:608 [23]

1970

M

54

Tip of tongue

Excision

Lack et al. Pediatr Pathol 6:181 [24]

1986

M

2.5

Base of tongue

Excision and chemiotherapy

Aydin et al. Oral Oncol Eur F Cancer 30B(5):351 [25]

1994

M

70

Base of tongue

Radiation therapy

Mayall et al. J Laryngol Otol 108:617 [26]

1994

M

60

Tip of tongue

Excision

Piattelli et al. J Oral Maxil Surg 53 M:698 [27]

1995

W

80

Lateral border of tongue

Patient rejected treatment

Lo Muzio et al. Oral Oncol 36:519 [28]

2000

M

67

Lateral border of tongue

Excision

Vora et al. Oto H N Surg 128:601 [29]

2003

W

62

Lateral border of tongue

Excision

Yang et al. Int J Oral Maxil Surg 35:469 [30]

2006

W

54

Tip of tongue

Excision

Castaldi et al. Acta Radiol 47:514 [31]

2006

W

52

Lateral border of tongue

Excision

Crossman et al. Br J Oral Maxil Surg 46:e69 [32]

2008

W

46

Lateral border of tongue

Excision

Pires et al. Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Edod 109:e31 [33]

2010

M

55

Lateral border of tongue

Excision

Present work

2011

M

77

Base of tongue

Excision