Clear-cell Variant of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Presenting as a Palatal Mass in a 10-Year-old Boy.

Background: The clear-cell variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) involving minor salivary glands is extremely rare in children.

Case Report: We report a case of clear-cell variant MEC in the minor salivary gland in a 10-year-old boy who presented with a mass of the right hard palate. Fine-needle aspiration showed features suggestive of clear-cell variant of MEC.

Tophaceous gout of the nose in a male premutation carrier.

Premutation alleles with 55-200 CGG repeats in can lead to fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). In this case study, we report uncontrolled gout in a 68-year-old male with FXTAS with multiple sites of involvement including a rare gouty tophus in the nasal region.