Open AccessAdenosquamous carcinoma of oral cavity
Author(s) -
Prasanth Thanakappan,
Naga Sirisha Chundru Venkata,
Rajesh Arora,
Meeramma Botu
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 - 10.4103/0973-1482.154054
Subject(s) - adenosquamous carcinoma , adenocarcinoma , carcinoma , medicine , basal cell , pathology , oral cavity , buccal mucosa , neoplasm , cancer , orthodontics
Adenosquamous carcinoma is a rare malignant epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of both areas of squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Only few cases of oral adenosquamous carcinoma have been previously reported in the literature. It has been described as a squamous cell carcinoma subtype with a high infiltrative capacity. This paper reports a rare case of adenosquamous carcinoma that involved the upper left buccal mucosa in a 55.year.old man