Intraoral fibrosarcoma of tongue: an unusual case report with review

Sarcomas are the rare malignant neoplasms originating from the mesodermal tissues that constitute connective tissues of the body. Among these, fibrosarcoma constitutes 5-15% of all sarcomas present in the head and neck region. It is the neoplastic lesion of malignant fibroblasts that shows no other evidence of cellular differentiation and is capable of recurrence with metastasis. The most common anatomic site of occurrence of this tumor is deep soft tissues of lower extremities and in the head and neck region, intraoral adult fibrosarcoma is very rare with no particular sex predilection. Therefore this article discusses a case report of fibrosarcoma which is arising from the ventral surface of the tongue and the diagnostic difficulties associated with it.