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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Head and Neck Cancer
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1517828
This article is part of the Research Topic Challenges to Research on Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cancer View all 3 articles

Imaging manifestations of gingival epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma one case report and literature review

Provisionally accepted
Liu Ying Liu Ying *ning dong li ning dong li *hao yu hao yu *jun lian zhou jun lian zhou *lin wang lin wang *
  • ningcheng county central hospital, Chifeng, China

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    This paper reports a case of gingival epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma. The patient is a 72-year-old female. One year ago, the posterior teeth on the right maxilla fell out, and then there was a local bulge which gradually enlarged. CT manifestations: The second premolar to the third molar on the right maxilla are absent. A quasi-circular slightly low-density shadow is seen in the gingival area with a CT value of 26 HU. The outer boundary is clear, and the inner boundary is not clearly displayed. The size is 2.5 cm × 4.5 cm × 1.6 cm. The local alveolar bone adjacent to the inner side shows local bone destruction. The lower wall of the maxillary sinus is partially absent, and soft tissue density is seen in the adjacent maxillary sinus. MRI examination shows a slightly mixed signal mainly with low signal on T1WI and high signal on T2WI. DWI shows high signal with out clear edges. After enhanced scanning, it is obviously and uniformly enhanced. There are strip-shaped low-enhanced septa inside. Enlarged lymph nodes are seen in the right cervical vascular space. Pathological diagnosis: epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma.

    Keywords: Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, MRI, Gingiva, Maxilla

    Received: 27 Oct 2024; Accepted: 25 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ying, li, yu, zhou and wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Liu Ying, ningcheng county central hospital, Chifeng, China
    ning dong li, ningcheng county central hospital, Chifeng, China
    hao yu, ningcheng county central hospital, Chifeng, China
    jun lian zhou, ningcheng county central hospital, Chifeng, China
    lin wang, ningcheng county central hospital, Chifeng, China

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