Oral Adenoid/Acantholytic Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Report of two Cases with Review of Literature

Authors

  • Shruti D Nayak Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Yenepoya Dental College Mangalore, Karnataka
  • M Jose Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Yenepoya Dental College Mangalore, Karnataka
  • J Sequeira Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yenepoya Dental College Mangalore, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v10i3.8028

Keywords:

Acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma, adenoacanthoma, adenoid squamous cell carcinoma, pseudoglandular

Abstract

Adenoid squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) is an uncommon but well recognized variant of squamous cell carcinoma. It has been reported to originate in the sun exposed skin of the head and neck region. Although rare, there are cases in records which have reported within the oral cavity and nasopharynx. Histologically the lesion shows areas of conventional squamous cell carcinoma along with atypical epithelial cells forming an adenoid pattern. There are insufficient reported cases to establish likely behaviour. Here we report two additional cases of adenoid squamous cell carcinoma, one developing in the floor of mouth and another in the maxillary sinus both were reported in March 2010 in Mangalore, India.

Kathmandu University Medical Journal | VOL.10 | NO. 3 | ISSUE 39 | JUL- SEP 2012 | Page 83-87

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v10i3.8028

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Published

2013-05-01

How to Cite

Nayak, S. D., Jose, M., & Sequeira, J. (2013). Oral Adenoid/Acantholytic Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Report of two Cases with Review of Literature. Kathmandu University Medical Journal, 10(3), 83–87. https://doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v10i3.8028

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2012)

Section

Case Notes