Case Report
Tongue Osseous Choristoma in an 11-Year-Old Female: A Case Report and Literature Review Focusing on Pediatric Cases
Table 2
Reports of cases of intraoral osseous choristomas of the tongue on <13-year-old patients.
| | Year | Author | Age (y) | Sex | Location on tongue | Size | Symptom | Duration | Pathogenesis | Course of discovered events | Diagnostic imaging | Preoperative diagnosis | Local recurrence | Follow-up | Reference number |
| | 1964 | Church | 11 | F | Area of FC | 0.5 cmØ | Dysphagia | Un. | Un. | Slowly getting bigger | None | Un. | Un. | Un. | 46 | | 1971 | Krolls et al. | 9 | F | Area of FC | Un. | Gagging | 2.5 years | Un. | Un. | None | Fibroma | Un. | Un. | 1 | | 1971 | Krolls et al. | 11 | F | Posterior tongue | 2 cmØ | Un. | 12 months | Un. | Un. | None | Papilloma | Un. | Un. | 1 | | 1977 | Busuttil | 8 | F | Area of CP | Pea-sized | Lump | 9 months | Un. | Slowly getting bigger | None | Un. | Un. | Un. | 47 | | 1986 | Cabbabe et al. | 5 | F | Base of the tongue | | Lump | 2 years | Not trauma, developmental malformation theory | Asymptomatic | None | Fibroma | Un. | Un. | 48 | | 1992 | Maqbool et al. | 8 | F | Right vallecula | | Dysphagia, distress | Un. | Not trauma, developmental malformation theory | Un. | Un. | Un. | Un. | Un. | 49 | | 1993 | Ishikawa et al. | 5 | F | Anterior to CP | 0.3 → 0.8 cmØ | Lump | 1-month follow-up: 16 months | Developmental malformation theory | Asymptomatic | None | Fibroma | No | Un. | 31 | | 1993 | Lutcavage and Fulbright | 11 | F | Area of FC | 1 cmØ | Lump | 12 months | Enclavement of mesenchymal cells | Slowly getting bigger | A thyroid scintigram: normal | Un. | Un. | Un. | 50 | | 1998 | Supiyaphun et al. | 9 | F | Area of FC | | None | Un. | Un. | Examination | None | Un. | No | Un. | 6 | | 2001 | Horn et al. | 11 | F | Posterior tongue | Un. | Lump | Un. | Un. | Un. | Un. | Un. | Un. | Un. | 51 | | 2014 | Gorini et al. | 10 | F | Area of FC | 1 cmØ | Lump | Since the first months of life | Developmental malformation theory | Asymptomatic | Thyroid scan: failed to show ectopic thyroid tissue | Un. | No | 12 months | 4 | | 2014 | Yamamoto et al. | 11 | M | Posterior to CP | | Dysphagia | 5 years | Developmental malformation theory | Slowly getting bigger | MRI: T1 and T2WI (fat saturation): oval no-signal area | Papilla fibroma | No | 12 months | 52 | | 2015 | Stanford et al. | 11 | M | Base of the tongue | | Throat irritation | Un. | Un. | Examination | Thyroid uptake scan: normal
CT: densely calcified lesion | Un. | Un. | Un. | 53 | | 2016 | Davidson et al. | 11 | M | Base of the tongue | Un. | Foreign body sensation | Un. | Un. | Slowly getting bigger | Thyroid scan: failed to show ectopic thyroid tissue
CT: a calcified ovoid mass | Un. | Un. | Un. | 2 | | 2018 | Yoshimura et al. | 7 | F | Posterior tongue | 0.5 cmØ → 0.6 cmØ | None | Un. | Ectopic bone formation by secretion of BMPs | Slowly getting bigger | T1- and T2-weighted images: low-signal intensity
Dermoscopy dental X-P: radiopaque trabeculated mass | Benign tumor | No | 36 months | 54 | | 2018 | Macêdo et al. | 9 | M | Posterior 1/3 | | Symptomatic | 3 months | Developmental malformation theory associated with adenoidectomy | Oral cavity examination | CT: pseudotumor | Un. | No | 2.5 years | 55 | | 2021 | Present case | 11 | F | Posterior tongue | 0.7 cmØ | Lump | 2–3 years | Developmental malformation theory | Oral cavity examination | None | Papilloma | No | 12 months | |
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CP: circumvallate papillae; FC: foramen caecum; M: male; F: female; CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; Un.: unknown.
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