title: Central adenocarcinoma of the mandible.
abstract: A seemingly straightforward clinical diagnosis of ameloblastoma was made of a large radiolucent, multicystic lesion in the mandible. Biopsy and metastatic tumor work-up revealed the tumor to be primary in the mandible. A histopathologic diagnosis of papillary adenocarcinoma of salivary gland origin was made. This article reports a well-documented primary mandibular salivary gland tumor. A review of the literature and light and electron microscopic interpretation of this tumor are presented.
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001706:Biopsy; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010027:Osteotomy; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000648:ultrastructure