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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2025

Case Report: A pediatric case of the clear-cell variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the palate harboring

Hengkun Wang, Xiaoya Wang

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Hengkun Wang *Department of Stomatology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, China.
Xiaoya Wang *Department of Stomatology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clear-cell variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is a rare subtype, with pediatric cases being extremely rare. A 13-year-old girl presented with a lesion on the right palate, which had been noted for 3 months. The patient reported pain, rupture, and bleeding of the tumor for nearly a month. Computed tomography scans revealed a quasi-circular soft tissue mass on the right hard palate. Microscopically, the tumor cells showed predominant clear cells and scattered mucous cells. The tumor cells were positive for cytokeratin (CK), CK7, CK5/6, epithelial membrane antigen, P63, and P40. A rearrangement of mastermind-like transcriptional coactivator 2 (

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clear-cell variantMAML2 gene rearrangementsmucoepidermoid carcinomapalatepediatric case report

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