Myoepithelial carcinoma of the tongue- spindle cell morphology with high mitosis: A case report and review of literature

• Main Authors: Abhimanyu Sharma, Priyanka Gogoi, Vinod Kumar Arora
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
• Subjects: Myoepithelial tumor; salivary gland neoplasm; tongue neoplasms
• Online Access: http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2017;volume=60;issue=4;spage=560;epage=561;aulast=Sharma

Myoepithelial carcinomas represent <1% of salivary gland tumors. Tongue is a rare site of occurrence. We present a case of a 30 year old female with myoepithelial carcinoma seen over dorsum of tongue with predominantly spindle cell morphology with clear cytoplasm and mitotic count of 6–7/10 hpf. We need to differentiate it from a spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma which can be seen at this location, i.e., tongue. In our case, there was no connection of the tumor with overlying squamous epithelium.