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Volume 7 Issue 3 (March, 2019)

Case Reports

A High Grade Variant of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma- A Case Report
Amol Jain, Kshama P. Chandurkar, Rohit Jaiswal, Aanchal Tandon

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the second most common salivary gland neoplasm and the most common malignant tumor of all salivary gland tumors. The histological variants are intraosseous and sclerosing types. The most common site in minor salivary reion is palate. The histological examination reveals mucous cells, intermediate cells and epidermoid cells. Here we present a case report of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 55 year old female patient.
Key words: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, mucous cells, salivary gland.

Received: 4 February, 2019                               Revised: 25 February, 2019                     Accepted: 26 February, 2019
Corresponding author: Dr. Amol Jain, MDS (Oral Pathology and Microbiology), Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP (India)

This article may be cited as: Jain A, Chandurkar KP, Jaiswal R, Tandon A. A High Grade Variant of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma- A Case Report. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(3): 84-86.

 
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