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Emergency route diagnosis of mucoepidermoid carcinoma initially diagnosed as a temporomandibular disorder
Author(s) -
Chmieliauskaite Milda,
Sollecito Thomas P.,
Stoopler Eric T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/scd.12142
Subject(s) - medicine , mucoepidermoid carcinoma , malignancy , parotid gland , salivary gland , emergency department , carcinoma , dermatology , pathology , psychiatry
Salivary gland malignancy (SGM) can affect both major and minor glands and manifests clinically with various presentations. The most common type of SGM is mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC), which has been previously reported to be associated with symptomatology associated with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). This case report describes a patient with an aggressive form of MEC of the parotid gland that was initially diagnosed as TMD. In addition, the patient's MEC was diagnosed emergently based on development of acute clinical symptomatology. To the best of our knowledge, emergency route diagnosis of MEC affecting the parotid gland has not been previously reported in the literature.