Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report

Mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) arising within the jaws as primary central bony lesions are termed central MECs. Central MECs are extremely rare, comprising 2-3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas. We herein report a rare case of central MEC of the maxilla in a 52-year-old male whose plain radiograph...

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Autores principales: Suresh, Dirasantchu, Raviraj, Jayam, Vijaykumar, Bokkasam, Suman, Sreeram Venkata, Suneel, Kumar Venkata, Amrutha, Kodadala
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24944967
http://dx.doi.org/10.5624/isd.2014.44.2.161
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author Suresh, Dirasantchu
Raviraj, Jayam
Vijaykumar, Bokkasam
Suman, Sreeram Venkata
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Raviraj, Jayam
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Suman, Sreeram Venkata
Suneel, Kumar Venkata
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description Mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) arising within the jaws as primary central bony lesions are termed central MECs. Central MECs are extremely rare, comprising 2-3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas. We herein report a rare case of central MEC of the maxilla in a 52-year-old male whose plain radiographs showed a "ground glass" pattern and computed tomographic images, a hypodense mass with numerous calcifications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of central MEC showing a "ground glass" appearance.
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spelling pubmed-40613012014-06-18 Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report Suresh, Dirasantchu Raviraj, Jayam Vijaykumar, Bokkasam Suman, Sreeram Venkata Suneel, Kumar Venkata Amrutha, Kodadala Imaging Sci Dent Case Report Mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) arising within the jaws as primary central bony lesions are termed central MECs. Central MECs are extremely rare, comprising 2-3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas. We herein report a rare case of central MEC of the maxilla in a 52-year-old male whose plain radiographs showed a "ground glass" pattern and computed tomographic images, a hypodense mass with numerous calcifications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of central MEC showing a "ground glass" appearance. Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 2014-06 2014-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4061301/ /pubmed/24944967 http://dx.doi.org/10.5624/isd.2014.44.2.161 Text en Copyright © 2014 by Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Suneel, Kumar Venkata
Amrutha, Kodadala
Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report
title Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report
title_full Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report
title_fullStr Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report
title_short Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: A case report
title_sort central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla with unusual ground glass appearance and calcifications: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24944967
http://dx.doi.org/10.5624/isd.2014.44.2.161
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