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Heterotopic central neural tissue of the tongue
1Department of Oral Pathology, Kagoshima University Dental School, Japan.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
A rare case is reported of a pedunculated tumor containing heterotopic central neural tissue in the tongue of a 3-month-old girl. The lesion was located near the foramen caecum and was composed of glial cells, ependymal cells, a small number of neuronal cells and a relatively thick peripheral nerve.