Traumatic granuloma of the tongue

Abstract

The traumatic granuloma is a rare, reactive lesion that occurs primarily in the tongue of males. It can mimic other diseases, including malignancy, both clinically and histologically. It is, therefore, a lesion with which clinicians and pathologist should be familiar.

Eosinophilic Ulcer of the Tongue: A case report with immunohistochemical study.

“…The lesion presented as a solitary indurated or granulomatous ulcer and mimicked oral cancer. Frequently , more than one lesion have been found synchronously or metachronously in the same patient (1,4,8,13,14,16,18,(21)(22)(23)28). The lesion was self-limiting and spontaneous resolution occurred after simple biopsy within a month .…”

“…The ulcer bed was composed of a dense mixed infiltrate of pale staining histiocytes, lymphocytes and eosinophils (Figs. [2][3][4][5] . These cells infiltrated adjacent skeletal muscle , indicating a variable degree of degeneration and fragmentation (Figs.3-5).…”

Atypical histiocytic granuloma of tongue

“…Focal lesions include angioblastic lymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia, granuloma faciale and traumatic granuloma of the tongue 4. These lesions exhibit distinctive clinical and microscopic features and, unlike our case, does not show anaplasia or cytological atypia.…”

Atypical histiocytic granuloma with eosinophilia

“…There was no history of injury, and initially the lesion presented itself only as a small blister. The usual location of a traumatic granuloma is the tongue where an abundant amount of muscle is present (Bhaskar and Lilly, 1964;Wright et al, 1983;Elsay, 1983); conversely, atypical histiocytic granuloma has also been seen on the gingiva or alveolar ridge and the lower lip (Eversole et al, 1985).…”