Open AccessClear cell variant of intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma: Report of a rare entity
Author(s) -
Sujatha Varma,
PM Shameena,
S Sudha,
Resmi G Nair,
Ipe Varghese
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.92994
Subject(s) - mucoepidermoid carcinoma , lesion , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , pathology , carcinoma , biology , botany , genus
Intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma of jaw bones is a rare lesion. Abundance of clear cells in an intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma may complicate its histopathologic diagnosis. It becomes extremely important to distinguish this lesion from other clear cell lesions of jaw region. Here, we report a case of clear cell variant of intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the mandible.