Letter to the Editor

Anterior Tongue Metastasis from Lung Cancer

Authors: Mevlut Kurt, MD, Nilufer Bulut, MD, Sercan Aksoy, MD, Kemal Kosemehmetoglu, MD, Ayse Kars, MD

Abstract

Tongue metastasis during the natural course of many neoplasms, including lung cancer, is extremely rare, and the prognosis of these patients is rather poor. Reported incidences vary between 0.2 to 1.6%.1,2 We herein describe a case of anterior tongue metastasis in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

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