Epithelial–myoepithelial carcinoma of the submandibular gland with symptomatic lung metastases treated with chemotherapy
✍ Scribed by Sophie Pierard; Vincent Gregoire; Birgit Weynand; Jean-Pascal Machiels
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 341 KB
- Volume
- 263
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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## Abstract A 63‐year‐old man was initially seen with multiple pulmonary nodules 14 years after a left parotidectomy for an epithelial‐myoepithelial carcinoma of salivary gland. Eight and 18 months after parotidectomy, the patient had local recurrence of his salivary gland tumor. He remained diseas
The salivary glands are the site of many neoplasms characterized by a mixture of epithelial and myoepithelial cells and stromal fragments. Cytologic distinction of these neoplasms may be very dificult but careful attention to cellular details and the interaction between the cells and stronia can cor