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  • Title: [Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the nasal vestibulum].
    Author: Salazar C, Marcos J, De Saa MR, Sánchez-Jara JL, García M, González MA.
    Journal: Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp; 2000; 51(8):729-32. PubMed ID: 11270110.
    Abstract:
    Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a malignant epithelial tumor, with a mucosecretor component that is exceptional in the upper airways. It seems to be a kind of immunity in this area to the development of this tumors. In the review of the literature we only have found three cases in the nasal cavity. We present the case of a 18th years old woman with a tumor in the right nostril for two months. Several biopsy were required to achieve its histopathological diagnosis as a high malignant mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Radical surgery over the tumor and metastasis was performed but the case has a bad prognosis. The prognosis of the mucoepidermoid carcinoma depends on the histological grade, the early diagnosis and the surgical treatment which has to be so radical as possible to obtain free tumors limits.
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