Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of sublingual gland: a malignant neoplasm in an uncommon region

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 12 May 2011 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ Case Reports, volume 2,011, page bcr0220113864 (eissn: 1757-790X,

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Authors: Anil N, Kumar; Preeti P, Nair; Shaji, Thomas; Prabhu S, Raman; Annette, Bhambal;

doi: 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3864

pmid: 22696723

pmc: PMC3094775

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of sublingual gland: a malignant neoplasm in an uncommon region

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Abstract

Although mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) are considered as the second most common malignant salivary gland neoplasm, only 0.5–1% of epithelial salivary gland tumours have been reported to arise from the sublingual salivary gland.1 The authors report a case of a low-grade MEC of the sublingual salivary gland in a 35-year-old woman. Wide excision of the tumour along with continuous marginal mandibulectomy was performed. There has been no recurrence till date.

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Adult, Diagnosis, Differential, Sublingual Gland, Humans, Sublingual Gland Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid, Female, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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