A case reort of mucoepidermoid carcinoma and detailed description

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the malignant epithelial salivary gland tumor. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma shows a diverse behavior histopathologically. It resembles histopathologically with number of lesions, making a difficulty in diagnosis, merely on the basis of histopathology. As mucoepidermoid carcinoma most commonly occurs in parotid gland still this pathology shows grades, where high grade is an aggressive form and low grade favors initial malignancy. Thus a detailed histopathological study is must. The aim of this paper is to present a case report of a 26 year male patient who came with the complaint of painless swelling at the periauricular area, which was increasing in size gradually and was of soft consistency. The excision was done and sent to the pathology laboratory. Histopathology report was suggestive of various types of cells such as epidermoid cells, mucous secreting cells, intermediate cells, clear cells along with cystic spaces and mucin spillage. The final diagnosis was Low grade variant of Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of parotid gland.