%0 Journal Article
%T Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma: Case report with review of literature
%A Abhishek Singh
%A Arvind Kumar Yadav
%A Bharat Shukla
%A Harmurti Singh
%A Sharad Chand
%J Archive of "National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/0975-5950.259843
%X Occurrence of central mucoepidermoid carcinoma within the jaw bones from aberrant salivary tissues is extremely rare and accounts for 2%¨C4% of all central mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Mandible is more commonly affected than maxilla in a ratio of 2:1. The origin of mucoepidermoid carcinoma is controversial and questionable. Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma is frequently misdiagnosed radiographically and clinically as a benign odontogenic tumor or cyst. Hence, it is important to detect malignant signs and histopathological feature of central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the mandible to confirm the diagnosis. This paper reports a case of central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the mandible in a 56-year-old patient with review of literature
%K Carcinoma
%K central mucoepidermoid carcinoma
%K salivary gland tumor
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6563629/