Palatal mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a child.
Salivary gland tumors in childhood and adolescence are rare. The clinical and histological picture of a case of palatal mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 13 year-old girl is presented and the diagnostic and therapeutic features of the condition are discussed.
Aguiar
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Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Dayrell
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Mesquita
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D000293:Adolescent; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology