title: Large mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla in a pediatric patient.
abstract: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma generally arises from salivary glands, representing 5 to 10% of all salivary tumors. It is rarely seen in the jaws. The purpose of this paper was to report the case of a large mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising in the maxilla of a 15-year-old.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis, Medicine, and Radiology, Dr HSJ Institute of Dental Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India. neerajsh2003@gmail.com
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Vinay V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery