Open AccessMyoepithelioma
Author(s) -
RamasamySundararajan Karthik,
JambaiSampathkumar Sivakumar,
Cholan Ramanujam,
Shanmugapriya Shanmugapriya,
VeerakesariSundara Rajan,
MurugesanSenthil Moorthy,
A Yamunadevi,
BVidula Karthik
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.163560
Subject(s) - myoepithelial cell , myoepithelioma , stroma , lesion , pathology , medicine , salivary gland , head and neck , anatomy , immunohistochemistry , surgery
Myoepithelioma is a benign salivary gland tumor in the head and neck region, accounting for 1-1.5% of all glandular tumors. The diagnosis is rendered histopathologically, and it includes the proliferation of myoepithelial cells, without chondroid or myxochondroid stroma and ductal components (up to 5% of ductal component is acceptable). In our case report, this lesion has occurred in a 46-year-old female patient, and presented as well defined, nodular growth on the right posterior palatal region. Bony erosion and invasion were observed radiographically, and the lesion was excised surgically, with 1-2 cm of clear margin. The microscopic features included proliferating tumor sheets, composed of bland looking spindle and plasmacytoid shaped myoepithelial cells, and few cells showed clear cytoplasm, which were confirmed immunohistochemically as myoepithelial cells. Thus, the final diagnosis of benign myoepithelioma was rendered and no recurrence had been reported so far in the regular follow-up.