Case Note Mucoepidermoid carcinoma: "A Mimicker"?

Abstract

Abstract Neoplasms of the sublingual salivary glands are very rare and comprise only between 0.5% and 1% of all epithelial salivary tumors and approximately 1.5% of all carcinomas of the major salivary glands. Mucoepidermoid carcinomas were fi rst described by Masson and Berger in 1924. This paper reports a case of well differentiated mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the fl oor of the mouth which clinically and cytologically mimicked the tumour of perineural invasion,adenoid cystic carcinoma