Partial tongue resection

Tongue cancer is the most common oral cancer, with more men than women. Most tongue cancers are squamous cell carcinomas. Especially in the front 2/3 of the tongue, adenocarcinomas are rare and mostly located at the root of the tongue. Sometimes, lymph epithelial cancer and undifferentiated cancer may occur at the root of the tongue. Tongue cancer mostly occurs at the edge of the tongue, followed by the tip of the tongue, the back of the tongue, and the root of the tongue. It is often ulcerous or invasive. Generally, the degree of malignancy is high, the growth is fast, and the infiltration is strong. It often affects the tongue muscles, which restricts the tongue movement, making it difficult to speak, eat and swallow. Tongue cancer can invade the lingual palatine arch and tonsils, and advanced tongue cancer can spread to the floor of the mouth and jawbone to fix the entire tongue.