Case reports
Autoamputation of the tongue
A K Patela, P Chaturvedib, R K Pandaya, B Sanyala
a Jawaharlal Nehru
Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Bhopal, India: Department of
Radiotherapy, b Department of Surgical Oncology
Correspondence to: Dr B Sanyal, Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Center, PO Box No 32, Idgah Hills, Bhopal 462 001 (MP), India jncancer{at}bom6.vsnl.net.in
Submitted 29 June 2000;
Accepted 20 September 2000
Autoamputation is an uncommon phenomenon that has been reported
for the fingers, toes, appendix, ovary, spleen, etc. Autoamputation of
the tongue has never been reported. An elderly man with carcinoma of
lateral pharyngeal wall and tonsil presented with an autoamputated tongue that was attached to the oral cavity with a thin band. The
patient required detachment of the tongue and tracheostomy followed by
radiotherapy for the primary tumour.
Keywords: autoamputation; tongue
© 2001 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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