Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the palate: A rare case report

Jarde, Samiksha Jaypal; Das, Sushma; Narayanswamy, Savitha Arumugam; Chatterjee, Anirban; Babu, Chaitanya N.

doi:10.4103/0972-124x.170828

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“…Moreover, accompanying pain raises the possibility of a malignant counterpart like adenoid cystic carcinoma or mucoepidermoid tumor. While a dome-shaped lesion on the lower lip is usually suggestive of a mucocele, such lesion in the upper lip should be suspected as a salivary neoplasm [37, 41, 43, 45, 46]. …”

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Peripheral Exophytic Oral Lesions: A Clinical Decision Tree

Mortazavi

Safi

Baharvand

et al. 2017

International Journal of Dentistry

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Diagnosis of peripheral oral exophytic lesions might be quite challenging. This review article aimed to introduce a decision tree for oral exophytic lesions according to their clinical features. General search engines and specialized databases including PubMed, PubMed Central, Medline Plus, EBSCO, Science Direct, Scopus, Embase, and authenticated textbooks were used to find relevant topics by means of keywords such as “oral soft tissue lesion,” “oral tumor like lesion,” “oral mucosal enlargement,” and “oral exophytic lesion.” Related English-language articles published since 1988 to 2016 in both medical and dental journals were appraised. Upon compilation of data, peripheral oral exophytic lesions were categorized into two major groups according to their surface texture: smooth (mesenchymal or nonsquamous epithelium-originated) and rough (squamous epithelium-originated). Lesions with smooth surface were also categorized into three subgroups according to their general frequency: reactive hyperplastic lesions/inflammatory hyperplasia, salivary gland lesions (nonneoplastic and neoplastic), and mesenchymal lesions (benign and malignant neoplasms). In addition, lesions with rough surface were summarized in six more common lesions. In total, 29 entities were organized in the form of a decision tree in order to help clinicians establish a logical diagnosis by a stepwise progression method.

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“…Mucoepidermoid carcinoma or mucoepidermoid tumor is the most common malignant salivary gland neoplasm. It accounts for about 3% of all head and neck tumors [ 10 , 43 ]. Two-thirds of the lesions arise within the parotid gland and one-third within the minor salivary glands.…”

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Peripheral Exophytic Oral Lesions: A Clinical Decision Tree

Mortazavi

Safi

Baharvand

et al. 2017

International Journal of Dentistry

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“…The palate is the most common site for all tumors of minor salivary gland origin (55%) and more than 60% of these are malignant. [ 9 ]…”

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“…Their superficial location, intraoral tumors may appear as a blue-red tinged swelling simulating a mucocele or vascular tumor. [ 9 ] Underlying palatal or retromolar cortical bone can be eroded. The CT report revealed erosion of the underlying palatal bone.…”

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Palatal swelling in a young adult

Ravikumar¹,

Saranya²,

Chandramohan³

2019

J Oral Maxillofac Pathol

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The presence of numerous minor salivary gland tissues in the posterior part of hard palate increases the possibility of salivary gland neoplasms. Minor salivary gland tumor accounts for about 15% of all the salivary gland neoplasms, of which mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) accounts for about 35.9%. Although a wide range of the differential diagnosis is made by the clinicians toward a single palatal swelling without any other specific changes on inspection, a prompt “histopathological” diagnosis is of utmost importance in case of lesions like “MEC.” By taking the case study of a 23-year-old male patient who was complaining of difficulties in eating and speaking due to a swelling in the palate that was not associated with pain, etc., this case report highlights the need for an early clinical examination and prompt histopathological diagnosis of such clinically benign looking lesions, as such an action can play an ameliorating role in reducing the chances of postoperative morbidity.

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“…2 High grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma is characterized by the presence of more solid areas, compared to cystic areas, which are prominent in low grade. 3 Sclerosing variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma is characterized by extensive sclerosis and paucity of cells, which can lead to misdiagnosis. 4 Here, we report an interesting case of sclerosing variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma.…”

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Sclerosing variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a case report and review of literature

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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, a malignant tumour of the salivary gland is histologically characterized by the presence of mucoid cells, epidermoid cells and intermediate cells. There are many variants of this tumour. A particular variant, sclerosing variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma is presented due to its rarity and chances of misdiagnosis as benign lesions due to the presence of extensive sclerosing stroma.

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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the palate: A rare case report

Cited by 18 publications

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Peripheral Exophytic Oral Lesions: A Clinical Decision Tree

Peripheral Exophytic Oral Lesions: A Clinical Decision Tree

Palatal swelling in a young adult

Sclerosing variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a case report and review of literature

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