Tongue base minor salivary gland tumor: report of a case with mucoepidermoid and acinous cell components.
A case of a large (5.5 cm), multilobulated, mucosa-covered, minor salivary gland tumor of the base of the tongue that displayed morphologic features of both a mucoepidermoid carcinoma and an acinous cell tumor is described. Generally, each of these salivary gland tumors occurs only rarely at this site. A tumor with both these elements has not previously been reported.
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000648:ultrastructure