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Table 1 Mucoepidermoid carcinomas

From: Minor salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma in children and adolescents: a case series and review of the literature

Source

Age, years

Gender

Site

Duration

Size, cm

Bone/LN Involvement

Histologic grade

Treatment

Recurrence/Interval

Follow-up

Tipton [10]

1.5

Male

Buccal mucosa

NS

1.0

NS

Poorly differentiated

Wide local excision

No

NED 6 years

Budnick [11]

12

Female

Hard palate

NS

2.0

Bone: NSLN: NS

Low

Excision down to bone

No

NED 3 years

Gustafsson et al. [12]

13

Female

Hard palate

2 months

1.5

Bone: NoLN: NS

Low

Resection of the tumor

No

NED 1.5 years

Lack and Upton [13]

18

Female

Upper lipa

NS

NS

Bone: NSLN: NS

Low to focally intermediate

Near total maxillectomy

No

NED 8 years

Fonseca et al. [1]

14

Male

Soft palate

NS

NS

Bone: NSLN: No

Low

1st surgery2nd surgery

Yes/5 years

NED, NS

Fonseca et al. [1]

14

Female

Soft palate

NS

NS

Bone: NSLN: No

Low

Surgery

No

NED 6 months

April et al. [14]

10

Female

Junction of the hard/soft palate

Nasal congestion × 1 month

0.5

Bone: erosion into left naresLN: No

Intermediate

NS

NS

NS

Aguiar et al. [15]

13

Female

Junction of the hard/soft palate

7 months

3.0

Bone: NoLN: No

NS

Excision

No

NED 4 months

Winslow et al. [16]

10

Female

Buccal mucosa

NS

NS

Bone: NoLN: No

Intermediate

Wide local excision

NS

NS

Flaitz [17]

8

Male

Hard palate

9 months

2.0

Bone: NoLN: No

Low

Wide local excision down to periosteum

NS

NS

Caccamese and Ord [18]

17

Male

Left junction of the hard/soft palate

NS

1.5

Bone: NoLN: No

Low

Local resection

No

NED 94 months

Caccamese and Ord [18]

14

Female

Hard palate

1 month

1.0

Bone: NoLN: No

Low to intermediate

Excision

No

NED 62 months

Caccamese and Ord [18]

22b

Male

Palate, NOS

7 years

2.0

Bone: NoLN: No

Low

Excision with 1.0cm margins

No

NED 34 months

Caccamese and Ord [18]

16

Female

Junction of the soft palate and anterior pillar

1 year

2.5

Bone: NoLN: No

Low to intermediate

Local resection

No

NED 42 months

Moraes et al. [19]

14

Female

Left hard palate

1 year

5

Bone: YesLN: No

Low

Transoral resection

No

NED 4 years

LSUSD

15

Female

Left hard palate

3 weeks

NS

Bone: NoLN: No

Low

Excision

No

NED 21 years

LSUSD

14

Female

Right hard palate

NS

3.0

Bone: YesLN: NS

Low

Excision

No

NED 19 years

LSUSD

15

Female

Left hard palate

NS

NS

Bone: NSLN: NS

Low

NS

No

NED 9 years

LSUSD

18

Female

Left hard palate

3 weeks

NS

Bone: NSLN: NS

Low

Excision

No

NED 8 years

LSUSD

19

Male

Right junction of the hard/soft palate

‘Forever’

2.0

Bone: NoLN: NoLungs: No

Low to intermediate

Wide surgical excision with ‘alveolar bone biopsy’

No

NED 2 years

  1. aReported as ‘buccal sulcus anteriorly in the premaxillary area’. bLesion followed for seven years (since the age of 15). LSUSD, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry; LN, lymph node; NED, no evidence of disease; NOS, not further specified; NS, not stated.