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Kavita Chandrakar
Shreemayee Panda
Retromolar trigone (RMT) tumors are very less common and dangerous type of malignancies, spreading very fast into surrounding structures. A 72 yr female presents with chief complaints of pain, ulceration & swelling in left lower back jaw since 1 month with associating factors like difficulty in swallowing, with evidence of loss of appetite and hematemesis since 1 week. Histopathological examination reveals hyperplasia in squamous epithelium in papillary fronds exhibiting full thickness dysplasia and finally diagnosed with Retromolar Trigone Carcinoma. In this paper, we report an unusual clinical presentation of oral squamous cell carcinoma in buccal mucosa which is very less often in clinical scenario.
Keywords: Retromolar trigone; Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)