“…2,5,8,[12][13][14][15][16][17] The clinical features of the present case are consistent with those reported in the literature, which describe the ECT as an asymptomatic lesion that usually measures less than 2 cm in diameter, is located on the back of the tongue and affects patients at a mean age of 34 years. 1,2,5,6,8,11,12,18,19 Histologically, the present case meets the morphological criteria for the diagnosis of ECT. 2,[4][5][6]8,11,15,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] The tumor is characterized by a lobular growth pattern with cystic spaces and stroma with myxoid, chondroid and myxochondroid areas, and by hypercellularity -especially small cells, which seem to predominate in ECT.…”