Maxillary Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Mimicking Odontogenic Cyst

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm characteristically composed of mucus secreting cells, intermingled with neoplastic squamous cells in variable proportions. The commonest site of occurrence is the salivary glands. This paper briefly presents the surgical and prosthetic rehabilitation of a case of a maxillary mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Mucoepidermoid carcinomas represent clinically and radiographically very similar charactheristics with odontogenic cysts and must be differentiated from this lesions.

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  • EP ID EP134609
  • DOI 10.4328/JCAM.170
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(2011). Maxillary Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Mimicking Odontogenic Cyst. Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, 2(2), 52-54. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-134609