Khunamornpong S, Yousukh A, Tananuvat R
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chaing Mai University, Thailand.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1996 May;81(5):576-9. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(96)80050-3.
Heterotopic gastrointestinal mucosa of the tongue is a rare type of oral choristoma. Associated pancreatic tissue has never been reported to our knowledge. We present the case of an 8-month-old female infant with congenital cleft palate who had a tongue mass. On histologic evaluation the lesion consisted of gastrointestinal and pancreatic tissue. This choristoma may arise from entrapped multipotential endoderm during tongue development.