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- Title
Malignant Myoepithelioma of the Palate: A Case Report with Review of the Clinicopathological Characteristics.
- Authors
Mustafa Fuat Acikalin; Pasaoglu, Özgül; Şakli, Hamdi; Gürbüz, Kezban; Funda Canaz
- Abstract
A malignant myoepithelioma is one of the rarest salivary gland neoplasms which may either arise de novo or develop within a preexisting pleomorphic adenoma or benign myoepithelioma. The parotid gland is the most common primary site and the palate the most common intra-oral site of occurrence. Herein is present a case of a malignant myoepithelioma arising in the hard palate of a 79-year-old woman. The lesion had been examined by biopsy at another hospital, and diagnosed as a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The patient underwent a wide local tumor resection. Examination of the resection specimen showed the characteristic histopathological and immunohistochemical features of a malignant myoepithelioma. Five months after the operation, the patient was well without evidence of recurrence or metastasis.
- Subjects
SALIVARY gland diseases; PALATE abnormalities; ADENOMA; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Yonsei Medical Journal, 2009, Vol 50, Issue 6, p848
- ISSN
0513-5796
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3349/ymj.2009.50.6.848