Macrocystic secretory carcinoma arising from the buccal minor salivary gland clinically mimicking a mucocele: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Secretory carcinoma (SC) is an uncommon salivary gland tumor that has been recently conceptualized. The present report describes a case of SC that was diagnosed as a mucocele on preoperative examination. A 46-year-old man presented to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Saiseikai Senri Hospital (Suita-shi, Japan) with a main complaint of swelling of the right buccal mucosa. A mobile, elastic, hard mass was found beneath the right normal-appearing buccal mucosa. T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed a well-defined, internally homogeneous high-signal area with a maximum diameter of 18 mm. Based on the clinical diagnosis of mucocele, the buccal lesion was excised. Histopathological, immunohistochemical and fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses revealed t

SUBMITTER: Chida T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342406 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature