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Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the oral cavity
Author(s) -
Ide F.,
Obara K.,
Enatsu K.,
Mishima K.,
Saito I.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2004.00263.x
Subject(s) - mucoepidermoid carcinoma , salivary gland , pathology , hyaline , oral cavity , carcinoma , eosinophilic , eosinophilia , medicine , dentistry
Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma (SMEC) with eosinophilia is a rare but distinctive tumor usually affecting the thyroid. SMEC involvement of salivary gland is exceptional, with only six cases in the literature. We present here the first case of an intermediate‐grade SMEC, arising from the intraoral minor salivary glands. A particularly interesting finding is the cytoplasmic accumulation of eosinophilic hyaline granules in carcinoma cells, similar to aberrant zymogen‐like granules previously described in salivary sclerosing polycystic adenosis.