Oral squamous cell carcinoma in children; review of an unusual entity.
Most commonly, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity presents during the fifth and sixth decades of life. Less than 4% of these cancers occur in patients younger than 40 years of age. Only a small sample of this subgroup exists of pediatric patients (< or =20 years), making oral SCC in children an extremely rare entity. An 11-year-old boy is presented who developed a SCC of the gingiva. The relevant literature of oral SCC in pediatric patients will be reviewed as well.
Stolk-Liefferink
S A H
SA
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Dumans
A G
AG
van der Meij
E H
EH
Knegt
P P
PP
van der Wal
K G H
KG
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male