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Synchronous extra-parotid Warthin's tumour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. Nishikawa*
Affiliation:
Brighton
N. Kirkham
Affiliation:
Brighton
B. M. Hogbin
Affiliation:
Brighton
*
H. Nishikawa, FRCS, 7 Langford Green, Champion Hill, London SE5 8BX.

Abstract

Warthin's tumour (also known as adenolymphoma or papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum) is benign and accounts for 12 per cent of all neoplasms of the parotid gland. A case of extra-parotid Warthin's tumour occurring synchronously in a peri-parotid lymph node is described. This is not a metastatic phenomenon and occurs as a result of salivary gland inclusions of local lymph nodes during the embryological development of the parotid. Extra-parotid Warthin's tumour should be regarded as a benign incidental finding and the prognosis is excellent.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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