Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case report

Minor salivary gland carcinomas are rarely reported. Low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) that are of minor salivary gland origin occurrence in children and adolescents have rarely been reported, little information regarding their clinical features and biologic behavior is available. This case...

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Main Authors: Deepak G. Kulkarni, Lakshmi Shetty, Vishal Zurange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Dental Research and Review
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Online Access:http://www.jdrr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2915;year=2014;volume=1;issue=2;spage=97;epage=99;aulast=Kulkarni
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spelling doaj-b968bb288e174da8b3aae6c4662846cd2020-11-24T22:32:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Dental Research and Review2348-29152348-31722014-01-0112979910.4103/2348-2915.133958Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case reportDeepak G. KulkarniLakshmi ShettyVishal ZurangeMinor salivary gland carcinomas are rarely reported. Low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) that are of minor salivary gland origin occurrence in children and adolescents have rarely been reported, little information regarding their clinical features and biologic behavior is available. This case report represents minor salivary gland MECs in an 18-year-old female patient. She presented with swelling in the lower left buccal mucosa, which was noticed 1 year back gradually increased to its present size 1.5 cm × 1.5 cm in its greatest dimension buccally. The color of the lesion was pale pink however on the posterior aspect the swelling, which had a bluish tinge, gave a diagnostic dilemma. In children and adolescents, MECs have a female predilection and occur most commonly on the hard or soft palate or both and rare in buccal mucosa. The surgical excision of the swelling was successful with no recurrence reported.http://www.jdrr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2915;year=2014;volume=1;issue=2;spage=97;epage=99;aulast=KulkarniBuccal mucosaminor salivary glandmucoepidermoid carcinoma
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author Deepak G. Kulkarni
Lakshmi Shetty
Vishal Zurange
spellingShingle Deepak G. Kulkarni
Lakshmi Shetty
Vishal Zurange
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case report
Journal of Dental Research and Review
Buccal mucosa
minor salivary gland
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
author_facet Deepak G. Kulkarni
Lakshmi Shetty
Vishal Zurange
author_sort Deepak G. Kulkarni
title Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case report
title_short Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case report
title_full Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case report
title_fullStr Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: A rare case report
title_sort mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary gland in buccal mucosa: a rare case report
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Dental Research and Review
issn 2348-2915
2348-3172
publishDate 2014-01-01
description Minor salivary gland carcinomas are rarely reported. Low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) that are of minor salivary gland origin occurrence in children and adolescents have rarely been reported, little information regarding their clinical features and biologic behavior is available. This case report represents minor salivary gland MECs in an 18-year-old female patient. She presented with swelling in the lower left buccal mucosa, which was noticed 1 year back gradually increased to its present size 1.5 cm × 1.5 cm in its greatest dimension buccally. The color of the lesion was pale pink however on the posterior aspect the swelling, which had a bluish tinge, gave a diagnostic dilemma. In children and adolescents, MECs have a female predilection and occur most commonly on the hard or soft palate or both and rare in buccal mucosa. The surgical excision of the swelling was successful with no recurrence reported.
topic Buccal mucosa
minor salivary gland
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
url http://www.jdrr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2915;year=2014;volume=1;issue=2;spage=97;epage=99;aulast=Kulkarni
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