title: Oral squamous cell carcinoma in children.
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity occurs very rarely in children and is particularly rare during the first decade of life. This article describes a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary alveolar ridge in a 7-year-old child. Subtotal maxillectomy was carried out with an apparent cure (33-month follow-up). A brief review of this disease as it occurs in children is included. Although this is an aggressive neoplasm, early and adequate surgical intervention may be curative.
authors: Department of Surgery, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, OH.
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Earle
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Park
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Vlastou
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010158:Palatal Obturators