Open AccessCentral mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Author(s) -
Naga Sirisha Venkata Chundru,
T Prasanth,
S R K Nandan,
Rajesh Arora
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.138038
Subject(s) - mucoepidermoid carcinoma , medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , carcinoma , pathology , biology , zoology , genus
Central mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) are extremely rare tumors, comprising 2-3% of all MECs reported in the literature. We report a rare case of clear cell variant of central MEC with calcifications occurring in the left posterior mandible in a 37-year-old male patient