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Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka- 577004, India
Year: 2014 // Volume: 2/ / Issue: 3/ / Page: 142-145
Corresponding Author- Dr. Shruthi K. Patil, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology
Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka-577004, India. E mail: shruthikpatil@gmail.com
This article may be cited as: Patil SK, CS Parimala, KP Nithin, BR M Ahmed, Naik R. Adenoid Squamous Cell Carcinoma on Buccal Mucosa: A Case Report. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2014;2(3):142-145.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common malignancy arising within the oral cavity. The adenoid/acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) is an uncommon but a well-recognized variant. In the head and neck region, ASCC has been reported mostly on the sun exposed regions of the skin with only around 34 cases being reported in the oral cavity. Histologically, this variant presents with areas of conventional SCC intermixed with atypical cells exhibiting pseudoglandular or an adenoid arrangement. The clinical behavior of ASCC on the skin is considered to be more aggressive than the conventional SCC but there is insufficient data regarding those arising within the oral cavity. Here we report a case of ASCC occurring on the buccal mucosa by far the rare case reported in this site.
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