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2019, Volume 35, Number 1, Page(s) 079-082
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DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2016.01379 |
Clear Cell Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Upper Lip -A Rare Case Report |
Swati GOTMARE1, Anish GUPTA2, Megha JAIN2, Mandavi WAGHMARE3 |
1Department of Oral Pathology, DY Patil University School of Dentistry, MUMBAI, INDIA
2People's Dental Academy, BHOPAL, INDIA
3Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, DY Patil University School of Dentistry, MUMBAI, INDIA |
Keywords:
Myoepithelial carcinoma, Clear cell carcinoma, Upper lip |
Myoepithelial carcinomas are quite infrequent neoplasms and coupled with their diverse morphological appearance are interesting as far as
diagnosis and management is concerned. They account for less than 1% of all salivary gland tumors. The variable morphologic appearance of
myoepithelial carcinoma leads to a wide differential diagnosis, including primary salivary gland tumors and metastatic tumors. The prognosis of
these tumors is not fair as they are locally aggressive and approximately one third of the patients die of the pathology. We report a case of clear cell
variant of myoepithelial carcinoma in an unusual location, i.e. the upper lip. The treatment carried out was wide surgical resection. The patient
was followed up for 2 years and was symptom free. The clear cell variant of myoepithelial carcinoma is extremely rare and only about 51 cases of
this variant affecting the salivary glands have been reported worldwide so far.
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