Clinical Identification of Tongue Cancer: A Case Report Series

Rochman Mujayanto*    -  (Scopus ID : 57221256524) Departement of Oral Medicine, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Indonesia

(*) Corresponding Author
DOI: 10.30659/odj.10.0.83-90
Background: Dentists play an important role in oral cancer case finding. Dentists in the first line of healthcare can make identification through history taking and clinical examination.
Case(s): The first case; a 40-year-old female complained of tongue ulcers sinces 2 months. The patient had articulation changes and clinical examination results of T2 N2a. The second case; 43-year-old male complained of tongue ulcers sinces 5 months. The patient had articulation changes and the clinical examination result was T2 N2a. The third case; 65-year-old male complained of tongue ulcers sinces 2 years. The patient had changes in articulation and clinical examination results T2 N2a. All patients were referred to an oncological surgeon.
Conclusion: The change in the patient's voice, the discovery of extraoral lymphadenopathy (N), and the description of intraoral lesions (T), formed the basis of the patient's referral to an oncological surgeon.

Keywords: Oral Cancer, Identification

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