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Late scar recurrence in mucoepidermoid carcinoma of base of tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Bipin T. Varghese ,
M. M. Jacob ,
Jayaprakash Madhavan  and
M. Krishnan Nair
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Abstract

Recurrence in mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary gland after 15 years is rare and present difficult therapeutic decisions. A rare case of mucoepidermoid cancer of the base of the tongue that recurred locoregionally after 20 years and was managed judiciously by a planned combined modality approach is presented.

Keywords

Mucoepidermoid tumourSalivary glandsTongue
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 114 , Issue 4 , April 2000 , pp. 299 - 301
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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