Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Base of Tongue with Possible Lung Metastases

Table 1

Cases found in the literature of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma in the tongue.

	Puri et al. 2004 [4]	Kumai et al. 2006 [5]	Peters et al. 2010 [2]	de Matos et al. 2010 [6]	Chen et al. (2016)
Demographics	48 yo male	76 yo male	60 yo female	48 yo female	52 yo male
Tumour size	50 × 30 mm	40 × 20 mm	37 × 15 mm	10 mm	37 × 34 mm
Treatment	3-drug chemotherapy (cisplatin, doxorubicin, and 5-fluorouracil) Radiotherapy (66 Gy)	Surgery (subtotal glossectomy, bilateral neck dissection and rectus abdominis flap)	Radiotherapy, 60 Gy over 30 fractions, 2 cm margin	Excisional biopsy, but reoperated four years later due to recurrence	Refused chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy.
Follow-up	Nil recurrence (14 months)	Nil recurrence (19 months)	Complete clinical response	Nil recurrence (72 months)	Poor prognosis. Referred to palliative care.