Lopez J I, Elizalde J M, Landa S
Department of Pathology, Bilbao Civil Hospital, Basque Country University, Spain.
Pathol Res Pract. 1993 Apr;189(3):365-7; discussion 368-70. doi: 10.1016/S0344-0338(11)80524-8.
A case of central mucoepidermoid carcinoma (CMEC) occurring in a 68-year-old woman is reported. The tumor clinically appeared as a long-standing cortical swelling in the left angle of her mandible. As an intrabony lesion was radiologically evidenced, an odontogenic cyst was preoperatively diagnosed. Surgical curettage demonstrated a solid tumor the histological study of which allowed the final diagnosis. Immunohistochemical profile accorded with the patterns previously observed in salivary gland counterparts. Adjuvant radiotherapy was performed. Neither local recurrences nor metastases have been observed to date.
