Ossified Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Hard Palate
Mucoepidermoid carcinomas are the most common type of salivary gland malignancies. Ossifications in mucoepidermoid carcinomas are rare. We presented a 46-year-old woman with an enlarging hard palate mass that appeared as a chondrosarcoma on CT but that was diagnosed, by pathology, as
an intermediate-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma with extensive ossifications. Although rare, mucoepidermoid carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hard palate masses with ossifications.
Keywords: CT = computed tomography; MEC = mucoepidermoid carcinomas; MR = magnetic resonance
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 July 2016
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