Newly diagnosed right lateral tongue cancer, evaluate for extent of tumor spread/involvement. There is a mass along the posterolateral right oral tongue, mandibular gingiva, and floor of mouth that measures up to 32 mm. The tumor abuts and mildly indents the left medial pterygoid muscle. There is no gross evidence of mandibular invasion or perineural tumor. There is no evidence of significant cervical lymphadenopathy based on size criteria. The thyroid and major salivary glands are unremarkable. There is deformity of the left lamina papyracea, which may be post-traumatic.
1. A mass along the posterolateral right oral tongue, mandibular gingiva, and floor of mouth that measures up to 32 mm is compatible with squamous cell carcinoma.2. No evidence of significant cervical lymphadenopathy.