mucoepidermoid carcinoma
MONDO:0003036Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names mucoepidermoid carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A carcinoma morphologically characterized the presence of cuboidal mucous cells, goblet-like mucous cells, squamoid cells, cystic changes, and a fibrotic stromal formation. It can occur in several anatomic sites, including parotid gland, oral cavity, paranasal sinus, skin, breast, lung, larynx, and lacrimal ducts. It is classified as low or high grade.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0003036), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (12)
- cutaneous mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- extrahepatic bile duct mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- lacrimal gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- laryngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- mucoepidermoid breast carcinoma
- mucoepidermoid esophageal carcinoma
- oral cavity mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- paranasal sinus mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- thymic mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- thyroid gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- trachea mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- Also called
- MECmucoepidermoid carcinoma (morphologic abnormality)mucoepidermoid tumormucoepidermoid tumour