eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2374-216X 2015-06-29 3 8 235 238 10.12691/ajmcr-3-8-4 AJMCR2015384 article Nafise Shamloo n_shamloo@yahoo.com 1 Nasim taghavi 1 Majid nemati 2 Yaser safi 3 Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma (CMC) is an uncommon tumor, comprising 2-3 % of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas reported. The majority of cases occurring in the 4th and 5th decades of life and they are histologically low-grade malignant neoplasm usually affecting the mandible. The case presented is a 41 year old woman with central mucoepidermoid carcinoma at the left posterior of the mandible as a swelling with purulent discharge since last year. Radiographic examination showed a radiolucent lesion with well-defined borders in distal area of ┌8. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/3/8/4/ajmcr-3-8-4.pdf mucoepidermoid carcinoma central intraosseous salivary gland neoplasm