Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Palate—A Rare Entity | Zendy

Anuna Laila Mathew | Zendy; Bijou Baby Joseph | Zendy; Deepa Muraleedharan Sarojini | Zendy; Preeja Premkumar | Zendy; Sunil Nair | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Palate—A Rare Entity

Author(s) -

Anuna Laila Mathew,

Bijou Baby Joseph,

Deepa Muraleedharan Sarojini,

Preeja Premkumar,

Sunil Nair

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinics and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2039-7283

DOI - 10.4081/cp.2017.1009

Subject(s) - medicine , mucoepidermoid carcinoma , hard palate , incisional biopsy , differential diagnosis , lesion , biopsy , minor salivary glands , salivary gland , radiography , radiology , surgery , pathology

Mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MEC) of minor salivary gland origin are rare in children and adolescents. A 17-year young male, reported with a painless swelling in the left posterior area of the hard palate since 6 months. Several clinical, radiographic, and histopathological investigations were carried out. Incisional biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of lesion as low grade MEC of the palate following which a wide surgical excision with adjacent free margins was carried out. This case report highlights the need for considering malignant lesions in the differential diagnosis of palatal swellings even in younger age groups

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research