Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Metastatic to Cervical Lymph Nodes with an Un-known Primary Site: A Rare Entity

Abstract

Bouhia H, Benmessaoud H, Ahmut H, Babouyoub FZ, Lachgar A, EL Majjaoui S, EL Kacemi H, Kebdani T, Hassouni K, Mouna khmou Pr, Youssef MAHDI and Basma El Khannoussi

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is a malignant tumour that develops from the salivary glands; most commonly in the parotid gland, but may also involve the accessory salivary glands.

MEC represents both a diagnostic challenge, due to its high morphological variability, and a prognostic challenge due to a histological classification into three entities: high grade, low grade and intermediate grade.High-grade MEC can be very aggressive with a relatively high rate of regional and distant metastases.

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