The remainder of the examination is unremarkable. Fine-needle aspiration of the mass confirms pleomorphic adenoma which is consistent with the pathology of the original tumor.
Transformation of pleomorphic adenoma to carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland is independent of p53 mutations
✍ Scribed by Claudia Gedlicka; Chike B. Item; Markus Wögerbauer; Helga Martinek; Gregor Heiduschka; Boban M. Erovic; Matthaeus Ch.Grasl; Dietmar Thurnher
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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