 About this month’s online case study:
Title: Atypical clinical manifestation of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the palate
Author: Etiene de Andrade Munhoz, DDS, MSc, Camila Lopes Cardoso, DDS, Kellen Cristine Tjioe, DDS, Eduardo Sant'Ana, DDS, MSc, PhD, Alberto Consolaro, DDS, MSc, PhD, Jose Humberto Damante, DDS, MSc, PhD, Izabel Regina Fischer Rubira-Bullen, DDS, MSc, PhD
Abstract: A 62-year-old woman sought treatment for a red macule in her hard palate. Examination of the oral cavity revealed an ovoid-shaped erythematous macule on the right side of the hard palate. The patient was edentulous and used a poorly adapted maxillary denture. The initial diagnosis was chronic atrophic candidosis and trauma; however, when the lesion did not heal following removal of the prosthesis and application of topical antifungal medication, an incisional biopsy was performed, resulting in a final diagnosis of low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. The patient was referred to a head and neck surgeon and the tumor was excised.
Received: March 16, 2009
Accepted: June 8, 2009 |
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