The path-breaking treatment module creates a new ray of hope for the patients suffering from similar types of life-threatening mouth ulcers
Narayan Memorial Hospital, Behala successfully treated a 42-year-old man suffering from a potentially malignant ulcer of the tongue through hybrid treatment protocol management procedure. The path-breaking treatment module creates a new ray of hope for the patients suffering from similar types of life-threatening mouth ulcers as derived from chewing of tobacco, betel nuts preparations.
The present case was successfully handled by Lt Col (Dr) Indranil Mukhopadhyaya (Retd) and Dr Camelia Saha at Narayan Memorial Hospital, Behala with the availability of state-of-the-art equipment and a highly skilled team of the hospital.
A plan of biopsy followed by histopathological evaluation was chalked out for 3 cm x 2.5 cm large white, elevated non- scrapable ulcer of lateral border of the tongue. Few essential blood tests and CT scan of the head-neck area was carried out as a pre-biopsy preparation and to rule out the possible metastatic spread of the potentially malignant ulcer.
