Mandibular SCC in a 10 year old child – A clinical rarity

Oral squamous cell carcinoma in a 7-year-old Brazilian boy

“…OSCC is extremely rare in children 8,12 . To the best of the authors' knowledge, only 73 and 9 cases have been reported in patients younger than 20 and 12 years, respectively ( Table 1).…”

“…[ ( ) T D $ F I G ] Maxillary gingiva MEHANNA et al 8 1 M 10 Mandibular gingiva STOLK-LIEFFERINK et al 11 1 M 11 Maxillary gingiva AJAYI et al 1 1 M Unknown Mandible BINAHMED et al 3 1 F 10 Maxillary alveolus THOMPSON et al 12 20 M (10) F (10) 2-20 Tongue = 9 Lip = 6 Unknown = 5 CARVALHO et al 4 1 F 6 Maxillary gingiva KEUKENS et al 7 1 M 9 Tongue EARLE et al 6 1 M 7 Gingiva YAGI et al 13 1 F 10 Tongue…”