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Cáncer oral - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Cáncer de la boca; Cáncer bucal; Carcinoma bucal de células escamosas; Cáncer de cabeza y cuello

Síntomas:

Lesión, tumoración o úlcera:

Puede ser una fisura profunda y de borde duro en el tejido.
Con mayor frecuencia de color pálido, pero puede ser oscura o pigmentada.
En la lengua, el labio u otra área de la boca.
Generalmente indolora al principio (puede producir una sensación de ardor o dolor cuando el tumor está avanzado).

Otros síntomas que pueden ocurrir con el cáncer oral abarcan:

Problemas para masticar.
Úlceras bucales.
Dolor al deglutir.
Dificultades en el habla.
Dificultad para deglutir.
Ganglios linfáticos inflamados en el cuello.
Problemas linguales.
Pérdida de peso.

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico o el odontólogo le examinarán el área de la boca. El examen puede mostrar:

Una llaga en el labio, la lengua u otra área de la boca
Una úlcera o sangrado

Los exámenes empleados para confirmar el cáncer oral abarcan:

Se pueden tomar radiografías y realizar tomografías computarizadas para determinar si el cáncer se ha propagado.

Anatomía de la garganta

Anatomía de la boca

Reviewed last on: 2/28/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Head and Neck Cancers. National Comprehensive Cancer Network; 2009. Version 2.2009.

Posner M. Head and neck cancer. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 200.

Wein RO, Malone JP, Weber RS. Malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund VJ, et al, eds. Cummings Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 96.

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