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Salivary gland double tumor: synchronous ipsilateral pleomorphic adenoma and acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland.

Authors :
Misselevich I
Podoshin L
Fradis M
Boss JH
Source :
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology [Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol] 1997 Mar; Vol. 106 (3), pp. 226-9.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

A 44-year-old woman underwent a partial parotidectomy for a slowly enlarging parotid mass diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy as a pleomorphic adenoma. Though macroscopically recognized to be composed of two nodules, differing to some extent from one another, the mass appeared to constitute a single tumor. The microscopic examination disclosed two disparate neoplasms, which were separated from each other by a thin fibrous band. The larger of the two nodules was a pleomorphic adenoma and the smaller one an acinic cell carcinoma. The metachronous--and, even more, the synchronous--occurrence of two histologically different tumors in one major salivary gland is an exceptional and probably coincidental event.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0003-4894
Volume :
106
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9078935
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/000348949710600308