title: Oral squamous cell carcinoma in children; review of an unusual entity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S A H
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Stolk-Liefferink
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dumans
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: van der Meij
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Knegt
authors.forename: K G H
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: van der Wal
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male