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Chondroid metaplasia in a fibroepithelial polyp of the tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Simon Lloyd
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK
Josephine Lloyd
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK
Ram Dhillon
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK

Abstract

This report describes the development of chondroid metaplasia within a fibroepithelial polyp situated on the tongue. Although fibroepithelial polyps in this location are not unusual, chondroid metaplasia in such a lesion in this position has not, as far as the authors are aware, been described previously. The aetiology and the pathogenesis of the lesion are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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