Sharma Abhimanyu, Gogoi Priyanka, Arora Vinod Kumar
Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017 Oct-Dec;60(4):560-561. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_758_16.
Myoepithelial carcinomas represent <1% of salivary gland tumors. Tongue is a rare site of occurrence. We present a case of a 30 year old female with myoepithelial carcinoma seen over dorsum of tongue with predominantly spindle cell morphology with clear cytoplasm and mitotic count of 6-7/10 hpf. We need to differentiate it from a spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma which can be seen at this location, i.e., tongue. In our case, there was no connection of the tumor with overlying squamous epithelium.
