Circinoma Linguae: A series of 96 patients

A total of 96 patients with histologically confirmed carcinoma of the anterior two thirds of the tongue was treated during the period of 1946-1965.Those with involvement of the posterior third of the tongue have not been included as this region by the rules of the UICC, belongs to the oropharynx.The series is distinguished by regular controls of all the patients after their primary treatment.Histology revealed epidermoid carcinoma in 92 patients, adenocarcinoma in 2, and malignant papilloma in 2 patients.The age and sex distributions in the material appear in Fig. 1.The agdistribution is in accordance with most other series with a maximum age of 60 to 80 years.The latter distribution is however remarkable because females predominated (54/40).In most other series (MARTIN et coll.1940, FRAZELL & LUCAS 1962) males formed a considerable majority.However during the last years reports have indicated that the number of males with carcinoma of the tongue is diminishing ( CONLEY 1967, SPIRO & STRONG 197 1 ).