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Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth

Carcinosarcoma is an uncommon tumor consisting of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Salivary gland carcinosarcoma is aggressive in nature, and given its biphasic histologic appearance, it has the potential to be mistaken for a less concerning entity. Intraoral minor salivary gland carci...

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Autores principales: Shaver, Timothy B, Youner, Emily, Goodman, Joseph F, Samankan, Shabnam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10163846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37159765
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37206
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description Carcinosarcoma is an uncommon tumor consisting of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Salivary gland carcinosarcoma is aggressive in nature, and given its biphasic histologic appearance, it has the potential to be mistaken for a less concerning entity. Intraoral minor salivary gland carcinosarcoma is exceedingly rare with the palate being the site most frequently involved. Only two cases of carcinosarcoma arising from the floor of the mouth (FOM) have been reported. We present a case of a non-healing FOM ulcer that was identified as a minor salivary gland carcinosarcoma on surgical pathology along with the steps and importance of accurate diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-101638462023-05-07 Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth Shaver, Timothy B Youner, Emily Goodman, Joseph F Samankan, Shabnam Cureus Otolaryngology Carcinosarcoma is an uncommon tumor consisting of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Salivary gland carcinosarcoma is aggressive in nature, and given its biphasic histologic appearance, it has the potential to be mistaken for a less concerning entity. Intraoral minor salivary gland carcinosarcoma is exceedingly rare with the palate being the site most frequently involved. Only two cases of carcinosarcoma arising from the floor of the mouth (FOM) have been reported. We present a case of a non-healing FOM ulcer that was identified as a minor salivary gland carcinosarcoma on surgical pathology along with the steps and importance of accurate diagnosis. Cureus 2023-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10163846/ /pubmed/37159765 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37206 Text en Copyright © 2023, Shaver et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Otolaryngology
Shaver, Timothy B
Youner, Emily
Goodman, Joseph F
Samankan, Shabnam
Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth
title Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth
title_full Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth
title_fullStr Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth
title_full_unstemmed Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth
title_short Minor Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma of the Floor of the Mouth
title_sort minor salivary gland carcinosarcoma of the floor of the mouth
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10163846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37159765
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37206
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