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Pathol Res Pract
; 204(9): 689-91, 2008.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18538486
RESUMO
A 69-year-old man with a 0.6 cm yellowish polypoid lesion in the lateral soft palate for 2 years is presented. Histological examination of the tumor revealed a small, well-differentiated, mucoepidermoid carcinoma dominated by densely packed cholesterol clefts in association with an exuberant foreign-body reaction with several giant cells. The tumor entity 'mucoepidermoid carcinoma with foreign-body giant cells' might be differentiated from 'mucoepidermoid carcinoma with an osteoclast-like giant cell stromal reaction' because differences in pathogenesis and tumor behavior are assumed.