Papilloma of the Tongue: About a Clinical Case at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire CHU Gabriel Toure in Bamako

Introduction: Tongue papillomas are benign epithelial tumors of the tongue lining. It is a precancerous lesion of viral origin caused by the Human papilloma virus (HPV). Objective: To describe the clinical and histological manifestations of a particular type of oral papilloma. Observation: A young woman aged 28 years resident in Siguiri (Guinea), received in consultation for a painless mass on the tongue slow evolving for 6 months duration. There was no notion of mouth bleeding. She had no particular medical and surgical history and negative for retroviral test/HIV test. Examination of the oral cavity found a fungating mass in at Right or Left posterior third of the tongue, painful on contact, sessile and pedunculated and not bleeding on contact and of soft consistency. The excision of the tongue mass was performed under general anesthesia. Biopsy was taken and sent for HPE. The consequences were mild, allowing her to be released 3 days after surgery. Histological examination showed an acanthotic stratified para-keratinized squamous epithelium containing small parts of connective tissue and koilocytes containing connective tissue nuclei reminiscent of papilloma. There was no malignancy cell. Conclusion: The papilloma of the tongue is a benign proliferative lesion characterized by slow and painless growth. I would say early diagnosis and surgical excision should be done to avoid recurrence, contact bleeding and morbidity secondary to mass effect.

Larynx Cancer: Review of 11 Years of Activity in the ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Department of University Hospital Gabriel Toure, Bamako

Objectives: To study the epidemio-clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of laryngeal cancers in the ENT department of the University Hospital Gabriel Toure. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive, retrospective study over a period of 11 years from January 2008 to December 2019. We made an exhaustive sampling of all cases of malignant tumors of the larynx in the ENT department of the University Hospital Gabriel TOURE. Variables studied: frequency, sex, age, clinic, imaging, histology, TNM classification, treatment received and follow-up time was 1 to 11 years. Result: we noted a male predominance (44 men/13 women). The average age was 52.23 years, with extremes of 32 and 74 years. Smoking was reported by 40 patients (72% of cases). The average in pack-years is 29.32 with extremes of 4 to 60 packs/ year. Alcoholism was reported by 6 patients (9% of cases). Squamous cell carcinoma was the predominant histological type (100%);extension to 2 or 3 floors was objectified in 69% of cases. Complementary radiotherapy in 26 patients after total laryngectomy. Chemotherapy was done in a neoadjuvant situation in 36 cases. Overall survival was: 52.6% at 1 year, 33.3% at 3 years;26.3% at 5 years and 12.28% at 11 years. Conclusion: Most often, late diagnosis is due to the absence of a national strategy and the underestimation of the first symptoms. Surgery coupled with radiotherapy is the treatment of choice.