Abstract
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a distinctive salivary gland malignancy and its presentation as a primary cutaneous carcinoma is a very rare occurrence. It presents grossly as an ill-defined mass with firm to hard consistency and can have cystic areas filled with mucin. Microscopically, they are characteristically composed of mucinous, intermediate and squamoid tumour cells forming cystic and solid patterns. Here we present a case of a 79-year-old female who presented with an ulcerative nodular exophytic growth over right parotideomasseteric region. CECT neck revealed it to be a heterogeneously enhancing lesion arising from the skin with the underlying subcutaneous fat, soft tissues and parotid gland to be normal. On histological and immunohistochemical examination, it was diagnosed as primary cutaneous intermediate grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Keywords: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, cutaneous, rare
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