TONGUE ANATOMY, KINEMATICS AND DISEASES -- TONGUE ANATOMY, KINEMATICS AND DISEASES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE TONGUE AND THE EFFECT ON SPEECH AND SWALLOWING -- INTRODUCTION -- SURGICAL RESECTION OF TONGUE SCC -- SURGICAL ACCESS AND EXPOSURE IN RESECTION OF TONGUE CANCER -- LIP-SPLITTING MANDIBULOTOMY APPROACH -- MANDIBULAR LINGUAL-RELEASE APPROACH -- TOTAL GLOSSECTOMY WITH OR WITHOUT LARYNGECTOMY -- SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE MANDIBLE IN TONGUE SCC -- SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF NECK LYMPH NODE METASTASIS -- Surgical Management Neck Lymph Node in Early Cancer of Tongue -- SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF NECK LYMPH NODES IN ADVANCE CANCER OF TONGUE -- RECONSTRUCTION OPTIONS AFTER GLOSSECTOMY -- PRIMARY CLOSURE AND LOCAL FLAPS -- PEDICLE FLAPS -- FREE FLAPS -- RECONSTRUCTION OF TONGUE DEFECTS INCLUDING THE MANDIBLE -- EFFECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION ON REHABILITATION OF SPEECH AND SWALLOWING AFTER GLOSSECTOMY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TONGUE PROSTHESIS AFTER TOTAL GLOSSECTOMY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TONGUE -- 1. Total Glossectomy -- 2. Reconstructive Surgery -- 3. Functional Results -- PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION -- 1. Objective -- 2. Different Types of Prostheses -- Fabrication of a Prosthesis for Eating -- Fabrication of a Speech Prosthesis -- 3. Functional Results -- DISCUSSION -- 1. Ethical Considerations about Glossectomy -- 2. Role of the Speech Therapist -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE STEREOGNOSTIC ABILITY OF THE TONGUE AND ITS ROLE IN EATING AND SWALLOWING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ASSESSMENT OF THE STEREOGNOSITIC ABILITY OF THE TONGUE -- THE TONGUE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OSA, AS EVIDENCED BY COVERING THE PALATE -- THE STEREOGNOSTIC ABILITY OF THE TONGUE DECREASES WITH AGE -- SENSORY INFORMATION NEEDED FOR STEREOGNOSIS.

TEST PIECE MISIDENTIFICATION AMONG THE SENIORS -- DEVELOPMENT OF STEREOGNOSIS OF THE TONGUE -- DIFFERENCE IN STEREOGNOSIS OF THE TONGUE BY SEX -- IMPORTANCE OF STEREOGNOSIS OF THE TONGUE IN EATING AND SWALLOWING -- 1) Stereognostic Ability and Motor Ability of Tongue -- 2) Stereognostic Ability and Masticatory Performance -- 3) Stereognostic Ability and Swallowing -- OSA IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE OR PARKINSON'S DISEASE -- TRAINING THE STEREOGNOSTIC ABILITY OF THE TONGUE IN SENIORS -- SIMPLIFYING THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TONGUE'S STEREOGNOSTIC ABILITY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFFERNCES -- 3D OBSERVATION OF THE TONGUE BY USING MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Animals and Experimental Procedures -- Observations and Image Processing -- RESULTS -- Observation of the Tongue of the Apical Part by the Type-A Micro-CT (Figures 1-3) -- Observation of the Tongue of the Middle Part by the Type-A Micro-CT (Figures 4, 5) -- Observation of the Tongue of the Middle Part by the type-B Micro-CT (Figure 6) -- Observation of the Tongue of Fetuses at E13 by the Type-A Micro-CT (Figures 7, 8) -- DISCUSSION -- Observation of the Tongue -- Epithelium of the Rat Tongue -- Muscles of the Tongue -- Vascular System -- Tongue in the Embryo -- METHODS OF OBSERVATION OF THE TONGUETONGUE -- 3D Image Presentation Methods -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURAL DISTURBANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GLOSSECTOMY PATIENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SURGICAL ANATOMY -- SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TONGUE CANCER -- RECONSTRUCTION OF TONGUE DEFECTS -- FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF RECONSTRUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ANATOMY AND VASCULARIZATION OF TONGUE BASED ON VASCULAR CORROSION CASTING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. VASCULARIZATION OF THE TONGUE -- 3. VASCULAR CORROSION CASTING.

4. VASCULARIZATION OF TONGUE BASED ON CORROSION CASTING TECHNIQUE -- 4.1. Vascularization of Dorsal Surface of Tongue of Wistar Rats -- 4.2. Vascularization of Ventral Surface of Tongue in Wistar Rats -- 5.VASCULARIZATION OF TONGUE IN HUMANS -- 6.VASCULARIZATION OF TONGUE OF OTHER ANIMALS -- 6.1. Dogs -- 6.2. Cats and Rabbits -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE TONGUE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CHAGAS' DISEASE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GLANDULAR DUCT DILATATION OF VON EBNER'S GLANDS AND INFLAMMATION IN TONGUES OF CHAGASICS PATIENTS -- FIBROSIS AND MAST CELLS IN THE TONGUES OF PATIENTS WITH CHAGAS' DISEASE -- EXPRESSION OF CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES AND MICROVASCULATURE ALTERATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ATYPICAL TONGUE PAIN FROM TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA: GAMMA KNIFE AS A TREATMENT STRATEGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INDICATIONS AND PATIENT COUNSELING -- Pain Intensity Scales -- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery used a Single Time for Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment -- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery used Multiple Times for Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment -- Single vs. Multiple Gamma Knife Radiosurgeries for Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment -- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery vs. Neurosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment -- GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY TREATMENT PLANNING -- Dose Selection -- Targeting Strategies -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CROSS-SPECIES COMPARISON OF BAX, BCL-2 AND P53 IMMUNOEXPRESSION IN TONGUE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA FROM HUMANS AND RATS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- Animals and Experimental Design -- HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS -- IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL -- QUANTIFICATION OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY IN THE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL -- Search Protocol (Data Source and Search Strategy for Studies in Humans) -- ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA -- STATISTICAL METHODS.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE PAPILLAE OF THE HUMAN TONGUE -- BACKGROUND -- THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE CORES OF PAPILLAE -- THE MUCOSA OF TONGUE PAPILLAE -- THE STRUCTURE OF FILIFORM AND FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE -- THE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES OF FILIFORM AND FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE -- REFERENCES -- CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE TONGUE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CORTACTIN AND CYCLIN D1 EXPRESSION* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Patients -- Immunohistochemical Evaluation -- Data Collection and Analysis -- RESULTS -- SUMMARY -- Cortactin -- Cyclin D1 -- REFERENCES -- METASTATIC DISEASES OF THE TONGUE -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF METASTASIS BIOLOGY -- CANCER SPREAD TO THE TONGUE -- INCIDENCE AND PRIMARY SITES -- CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES -- PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DISEASES OF THE TONGUE -- DISEASES OF THE TONGUE -- ENLARGED FOLIATE PAPILLAE -- FISSURED TONGUE -- GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE -- HAIRY TONGUE -- Linea Alba -- Ankyloglossia -- Macroglossia -- Median Rhomboid Glossitis -- Lingual Thyroid -- Smooth and Sore Tongue -- Oral Hairy Leukoplakia -- Cancer of the Tongue -- REFERENCES -- ORGANIZATION OF THE HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS IN THE FROG, RANA ESCULENTA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE IMPACT OF CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TONGUE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RECURRENCE AND METASTASIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LOCAL RECURRENCE -- CERVICAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS -- 1) Depth of Cancer Invasion and Lymph Node Metastasis -- 2) Tumor Depth and Tumor Thickness -- 3) Muscular Invasion and Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis -- 4) Subsequent Contralateral Lymph Node Metastasis and Muscular Invasion -- 5) Depth of Muscle Invasion and Prognosis.

6) The Present TNM Classification and New TNM Classification Proposed -- 7) Histologic Features of Invasive Tumor Front and Prognosis -- 8) Lymph Node Metastatic Pattern and Prognosis -- DISTINCTION OF LUNG METASTASIS OF THE TONGUE CANCER FROM PRIMARY LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA -- REFERENCES -- TONGUE ANATOMY AND ORAL CANCER: THE ROUTE OF METASTASIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM OF THE ORAL CAVITY -- THE LYMPHATIC PLEXUS OF THE TONGUE -- EPIDERMOID CARCINOMA OF THE TONGUE -- Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) -- GLANDULAR TUMORS OF THE TONGUE -- MALIGNANT LESIONS OF THE TONGUE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.