International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 6-8, January 2012

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue in a child

  • Mosaad Abdel-Aziz

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    • Study was carried out at Kasr El-Aini Hospital of Cairo University.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: 2 El-Salam St., King Faisal, Above El-Baraka Bank, Giza, Cairo, Egypt. Tel.: +20 105140161; fax: +20 225329113.

Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Received 9 June 2011; received in revised form 22 July 2011; accepted 24 July 2011. published online 18 August 2011.

Abstract 

Tongue base tumors are not common, they are mostly malignant and although the rarity of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of tongue base, it constitutes more than 50% of malignant lesions of salivary glands in this region. In this report, we present a 15-year old girl with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of tongue base with discussion of histopathological types of the tumor and its management.

Keywords: Tongue base, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Minor salivary gland tumors, Pediatric malignancy

 

PII: S1871-4048(11)00059-1

doi:10.1016/j.pedex.2011.07.004

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 6-8, January 2012

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