A 69-year-old woman with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the tongue base came under our observation complaining of repeated episodes of haemoptysis. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base gives rise to a rather vague and aspecific symptomatology. Early symptoms include foreign body sensation in the oral cavity, undefined paraesthesia, and sialorrhoea. With the progression of disease, dys...

Background: In cancers of prostate, breast, oropharynx, lung, hypopharynx and skin, human tissue kallikreins has been demonstrated as a main role in these problems. There are many research works in which some human tissue kallikreins are expressed in salivary glands. In the present study, the main goal was to determine expression of human tissue kallikreins 4, 8, 10, 11 and 13 ...

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is a locally invasive tumour of the salivary glands and accounts for nearly one third all malignancies major minor glands. It has female preponderance (3:2) common after decade life. Here we report case 32-year-old woman who had successful pregnancy outcome following treatment extensive maxillary mucoepidermoid with metastasis.

BACKGROUND: Primary central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of jaws is a rare lesion comprising 2-3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas reported in literature. CASE PRESENTATION: The case presented here illustrates the hypothesis that its specific pathogenesis is unknown. CONCLUSIONS: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the jaw is a rare tumour of unknown aetiology. Although about a 100 cases has been reported ...

objective: the aim of the present study was to investigate the demographic and pathological aspects of adenoid cystic carcinomas (acc) in an iranian sample based on a 20-year archive review. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, tumors of the head and neck registered between 1980 and 2000 were evaluated and cases of acc were selected. patients' medical records and pathology reports ...

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common type of malignant neoplasm in the minor salivary gland. The hard palate is a frequently involved site of MEC. The treatment of low-grade MEC on the hard palate is wide local resection with a tumor-free margin. In the present case, the maxillary defect was reconstructed using a buccal fat pad (BFP) flap, followed by application of 4-hexylresorcin...

Molecular alterations in tumors have become interesting targets both for diagnostic and for therapeutic and prognostic applications in tumor pathology. In the head and neck, there are a variety of different alterations, encompassing all the different types of genetic events associated with carcinogenesis. This paper reviews three different types of tumors that display a spectrum of genetic alte...

conclusions the agnor technique can be used to diagnose salivary gland tumors. results the chi-square test showed significant differences between tumor types and the numbers of agnors (p = 0.000) and between tumor types and areas of agnors (p = 0.000). objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the numbers and mean areas of the agnor dots in the 3 most common salivary gland tumors. m...