1. Carcinosarcoma of the submandibular gland: an autopsy case
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Owaki, Shigehiro, Kitano, Hiroya, Hanada, Makoto, Asada, Yuko, Sugihara, Hiroyuki, Moritani, Suzuko, and Banba, Masamichi
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SALIVARY gland cancer , *ADENOMA , *TISSUES , *EXOCRINE glands , *CANCER treatment , *AUTOPSY , *CANCER relapse , *COMBINED modality therapy , *DISEASE complications , *LUNGS , *LUNG tumors , *SALIVARY gland tumors , *SARCOMA , *SUBMANDIBULAR gland , *TREATMENT effectiveness - Abstract
Malignant mixed tumors of salivary glands are classified as three types: carcinoma arising in a pleomorphic adenoma, the most common; benign metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma; and carcinosarcoma (true malignant mixed tumor), which is very rare [Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. (1982) 91 342]. In carcinoma, both epithelial and soft tissue elements are malignant. In the context of previous reports, we discuss a case of carcinosarcoma of the submandibular gland including the results of postmortem examination. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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