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Descriptor English: Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid
Descriptor Spanish: Carcinoma Mucoepidermoide
Descriptor carcinoma mucoepidermoide
Scope note: Tumor de bajo o alto grado de malignidad. Los de bajo grado son de crecimiento lento, aparecen en cualquier grupo de edad y curan fácilmente con la extirpación. Los de alto grado se comportan agresivamente, infiltran ampliamente las glándulas salivales y metastatizan en los ganglios linfáticos y a distancia. Los carcinomas mucoepidermodies constituyen alrededor del 21 por ciento de los tumores malignos de la glándula parótida y el 10 por ciento de los de la sublingual. Son los tumores malignos más frecuentes de la parótida. (DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p575; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p 1240)
Descriptor Portuguese: Carcinoma Mucoepidermoide
Descriptor French: Carcinome mucoépidermoïde
Entry term(s): Carcinomas, Mucoepidermoid
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Mucoepidermoid Carcinomas
Tree number(s): C04.557.470.200.025.340
C04.557.470.590.340
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018277
Scope note: A tumor of both low- and high-grade malignancy. The low-grade grow slowly, appear in any age group, and are readily cured by excision. The high-grade behave aggressively, widely infiltrate the salivary gland and produce lymph node and distant metastases. Mucoepidermoid carcinomas account for about 21% of the malignant tumors of the parotid gland and 10% of the sublingual gland. They are the most common malignant tumor of the parotid. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p575; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1240)
Annotation: coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SC secondary
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31588
Unique ID: D018277
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/25
Revision Date: 1995/06/08
Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid - Preferred
Concept UI M0027508
Scope note A tumor of both low- and high-grade malignancy. The low-grade grow slowly, appear in any age group, and are readily cured by excision. The high-grade behave aggressively, widely infiltrate the salivary gland and produce lymph node and distant metastases. Mucoepidermoid carcinomas account for about 21% of the malignant tumors of the parotid gland and 10% of the sublingual gland. They are the most common malignant tumor of the parotid. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p575; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1240)
Preferred term Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid
Entry term(s) Carcinomas, Mucoepidermoid
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Mucoepidermoid Carcinomas



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