Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of oral mucosa
Autor: | Rahul Jain, Rohit Jain, Amarnath Janardhan, Ranjana Mohan |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Biopsy Mucocele Salivary Glands Minor Article Diagnosis Differential stomatognathic system Mucoepidermoid carcinoma medicine Carcinoma Humans Oral mucosa Salivary gland medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Mouth Mucosa General Medicine medicine.disease Salivary Gland Neoplasms Parotid gland stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Carcinoma Mucoepidermoid Mouth Neoplasms business |
Popis: | A mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a tumour that usually occurs in the salivary glands. These tumours account for 5% of all salivary gland tumours commonly arise within the parotid gland and are the most common malignant tumour to arise in children and adults under 20 years of age. The tumour is a firm to hard mass and is usually asymptomatic.1 It can … |
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