A Case of Mucinous Adenocarcinoma in Minor Salivary Gland of Tongue Base

설기저부에 발생한 소타액선 기원의 점액선암종 1예

  • Chung Seung-Won (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jun Hyun-Su (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Baek Seung-Kuk (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung Kwang-Yoon (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • 정승원 (고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실) ;
  • 전현수 (고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실) ;
  • 백승국 (고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실) ;
  • 정광윤 (고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실)
  • Published : 2004.05.01

Abstract

Mucinous adenocarcinoma is rarely reported in head and neck region. In other organ, it usually occur in breast, gastrointenstinal tract and so on. The specific histologic findings of mucinous adenocarcinoma are the large amount of extracellular mucin and tumor cell nests such as floating in mucin pool. It may develop rarely in major or minor salivary gland, but only one case of mucinous adenocarcinoma originating from parotid gland was presented in south korea. We report a case of mucinous adenocarcinoma in the tongue base considered to develop from minor salivary gland with a review of literatures.

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