title: Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of maxilla with radiographic appearance of mixed radiopaque-radiolucent lesion: a case report.
abstract: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most common primary malignancy of the salivary glands. Central mucoepidermoid carcinomas are extremely rare in the jaws. Here we report a case of a 19-year-old central mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a young female patient which was asymptomatic throughout her history and which radiographically simulated a fibro-osseous lesion; both features misled the clinical diagnosis. A radiographic picture of mixed radiopaque-radiolucent appearance in central mucoepidermoid carcinoma is extremely rare. The long duration is also uncommon for a malignant lesion. This case report adds a new dimension to the clinical and radiographic picture a central mucoepidermoid carcinoma can reveal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India. tsieolin@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sherin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sherin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Sharafuddeen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography