"MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA OF THE LARYNX: REPORT OF A RARE LARYNGEAL TUMOR"

Abstract

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a neoplasm of salivary gland origin, and its laryngeal occurrence is extremely rare. This malignant tumor is composed of two distinct cell types, the epidermoid and mucus cells. Prognosis is largely dependent on the histologic pattern. In this report, an extremely rare laryngeal cancer and its clinicopathologic features are described.

Keywords

• "Laryngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma
• salivary gland carcinoma
• mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the larynx"