@article{92d6e43fb22e42948f1c7540923639f6,
title = "Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lacrimal gland",
abstract = "Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a tumor arising in the ductal epithelial cells of the salivary and lacrimal glands, containing both mucin-producing cells and epidermoid cells with various degrees of squamous differentiation. While mucoepidermoid carcinoma has been reported frequently in the salivary glands, it has been infrequently reported in the lacrimal gland, with a total of just nine cases found, to our knowledge; we are reporting two additional cases.",
author = "Wagoner, {M. D.} and N. Chuo and Gonder, {J. R.} and Grove, {A. S.} and Albert, {D. M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Abstract: A 62-year-old woman had recrudescence of growth of a lacrimal gland fossa cystic mass present for more than 40 years. Results of histopathologic examination of the excised specimen showed infiltrating nests of epidermoid and mucin-producing cells, consistent with a mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Also present were numerous large oncocytic cells partially lining the lumens of the multiloculated cyst and penetrating the adjacent stroma. To the qUthors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma with prominent oncocytic features arising in a previously documented chronic cystic lesion of the lacrimal gland. Because of the population of oncocytes (a metaplastic phenomenon encountered in ductular epithelial cells) among the cells lining the cyst, the authors conclude that the carcinoma arose from a longstanding dacryops. This conclusion was also supported by the electron microscopic demonstration of duct-type secretory granules within the mitochondriarich oncocytes. Ophthalmology 1991; 98: 1551-1555",
year = "1982",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "14",
pages = "383--386",
journal = "Annals of Ophthalmology",
issn = "0003-4886",
publisher = "Humana Press",
number = "4",
}