Verruca vulgaris! is a benign lesion mimicking SCC (squamous c | MedRophine Science

Verruca vulgaris! is a benign lesion mimicking SCC (squamous cell carcinoma) usually seen on skin and then mucous membranes caused by human papillomovirus (HPV) especially types 1, 2, 27 and 57. The lesions are typically self-limited and occurrence on the tongue is extremely rare. Here is a case of 41 years old woman with giant 2*4 cm tongue verruca vulgaris lesion from 6 months ago (orange arrow). Pathology report of biopsy showed no evidence of malignancy and T1 MRI detects no sign of submucosal invasion or malignancy suspected signal as seen below (green arrow). Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy is the treatment of choice and PDL (pulsed dye laser) is used for recalcitrant lesions.
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Thanks to Dr. Ehsan Arjmandzadeh ( resident of otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery at Tehran) to share this case whit us .