Professional paper
Central Low-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma or Glandular Odontogenic Cyst: Report of an Interesting Case
Bhari Sharanesha MANJUNATHA
; Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Pipariya-391760, Waghodia (T), Vadodara (D), Gujarat (S), India
Kumar Gopal SIVA
; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, K.S.R. Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, K.S.R. Kalvi Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Vandana Raghunath
; Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Narayan Dental College & Hospital, Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma occurring centrally within the jaws is a rare lesion which exhibits considerable histologic variability. The exact pathogenesis is unknown; the hypothesis is that the epithelial linings of odontogenic cysts play most important part. Since many oral pathologists and clinicians seldom encounter this lesion, criteria
for diagnosis and clinico-pathological guidelines are considered necessary. We report an additional case of central low grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma occurring in a 46 yr old male patient and describe its clinico-pathologic features and discuss the similarity to the glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC). The World Health Organization
has named GOC as an independent pathologic entity and classified it as a developmental odontogenic epithelial cyst.
Keywords
Odontogenic cyst; Carcinoma, mucoepidermoid
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39410
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Publication date:
15.6.2009.
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