A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising in the palate of a 5-year-old girl

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  • FUJII Chizu
    Department of Dental and Oral Surgery, Takagi Hospital Dental and Oral Medical Center, Kurume University School of Medicine
  • NAKAMURA Yoshiaki
    Department of Dental and Oral Surgery, Takagi Hospital
  • TUYAMA Haruki
    Dental and Oral Medical Center, Kurume University School of Medicine
  • SAKAINO Hidenori
    Dental and Oral Medical Center, Kurume University School of Medicine
  • KAMEYAMA Tadamitsu
    Department of Dental and Oral Surgery, Yanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital
  • KUSUKAWA Jingo
    Dental and Oral Medical Center, Kurume University School of Medicine

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  • 5歳女児の口蓋部に生じた粘表皮癌の1例
  • 5サイ ジョジ ノ コウガイブ ニ ショウジタ ネンヒョウヒガン ノ 1レイ

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Abstract

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a relatively common salivary gland cancer in the oral cavity; however, it is extremely rare in infants. We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising in the palate of an infant.<br>A 5-year-old girl had a painful, dome-like mass in the right side of the palate.<br>Although the tumor was covered with normal mucosa, it was mobile on palpation. There was no lymph node adenopathy in the neck. Radiographically, the lesion showed no defined area of osteolytic destruction. A biopsy was performed, and the histopathological diagnosis was a mucoepidermoid carcinoma.<br>The tumor was totally excised, including the palatal bone, with the patient under general anesthesia. Five years after surgery, the patient remains free of disease, and the postoperative development of the maxilla is good.

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