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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a tumor arising in the ductal epithelial cells of the salivary and lacrimal glands, containing both mucin-producing cells and epidermoid cells with various degrees of squamous differentiation. While mucoepidermoid carcinoma has been reported frequently in the salivary glands, 1,2 it has been infrequently reported in the lacrimal gland, 3-5 with a total of just nine cases found, to our knowledge; we are reporting two additional cases.
黏液表皮样癌是一种起源于唾液腺和泪腺导管上皮细胞的肿瘤,包含产生黏液的细胞和具有不同程度鳞状分化的表皮样细胞。虽然黏液表皮样癌在唾液腺中经常被报道, 但在泪腺中却鲜有报道,据我们所知,总共仅发现9例;我们在此报告另外2例。