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Terminal parotid duct carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. K. George*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
Paul Mansour
Affiliation:
From the Department of Histopathology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
A. L. Pahor
Affiliation:
From the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
*
ENT Department, Dudley Road Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 70H, England.

Abstract

Terminal duct carcinoma of salivary glands is an uncommon, histologically distinctive, low grade malignant neoplasm arising from the intercalated salivary duct. We present a case arising eight years after removal of a parotid tumour reported as a pleomorphic adenoma. We describe the clinico-pathological features of the present tumour, illustrate the difficulties that may be encountered in differentiating it from other salivary gland tumours, and discuss the possible significance of the previous tumour.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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