Intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla in a teenager: a case report and review of literature

Abbas Khodayari Namin; Mohammad Moshref; Hossein Shahoon; Atefeh Mashhadi; Arash Khojasteh

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.07.004

Intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla in a teenager: a case report and review of literature

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2005 Dec;100(6):e93-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.07.004. Epub 2005 Nov 2.

Authors

Abbas Khodayari Namin¹, Mohammad Moshref, Hossein Shahoon, Atefeh Mashhadi, Arash Khojasteh

Affiliation

¹ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services/Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 16301142
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.07.004

Abstract

Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a rare central bony lesion in teenagers. We report on an 11-year-old girl with a central pathologic lesion in the right hemimaxilla.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / pathology*
Child
Female
Humans
Maxillary Neoplasms / pathology*