Small cell carcinoma of the lung in a treated case of Myoepithelial carcinoma of the tongue--report of a rare case with illustrated review of the literature.

Myoepithelial carcinoma has rarely been reported in the oral cavity and oropharynx. We found only 6 cases of myoepithelioma of the tongue reported till date. Two cases had a benign myoepithelioma; four had epithelial-Myoepithelial carcinoma. The present case had malignant myoepithelioma, a distinct entity from other histologies.