Open AccessMucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Floor of the Mouth – A Rarity
Author(s) -
Aruna Kumari Maloth,
S R K Nandan,
Pavan G Kulkarni,
Shyam Prasad Reddy Dorankula,
Keerthi Muddana
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/15595.6912
Subject(s) - mucoepidermoid carcinoma , minor salivary glands , floor of mouth , salivary gland , medicine , pathology , carcinoma , sublingual gland , ranula , tongue
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC) is one of the most commonly occurring malignant salivary gland neoplasm, and contributes 2.8%-15% of all salivary gland tumours. More than half of these cases involve the major salivary glands, primarily the parotid glands and minor salivary glands. Sublingual salivary glands neoplasms are very rare and constitute 0.5% and 1% of all epithelial salivary tumours and approximately 1.5% of the major salivary glands carcinomas. Here we describe a case report of low grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the floor of the mouth in a 70-year-old female patient that was mimicking like a ranula clinically.