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Terminal duct adenocarcinomas of the parotid gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Bonnie L. Kemp
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
John G. Batsakis*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Adel K. El-Naggar
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Sophia N. Kotliar
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Mario A. Luna
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr John G. Batsakis, Department of Pathology/Box 85, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. Fax: (713) 794-1695

Abstract

The major salivary glands are considered to rarely be the sites of primary terminal duct adenocarcinomas, a neoplasm with a considerable predilection for origin from intraoral minor salivary glands. We present a clinicopathological study of 22 terminal duct adenocarcinomas of the parotid gland, the largest single series to date. A comparison between the parotid neoplasms and over 200 minor salivary gland terminal duct adenocarcinomas indicates there is little difference in biological behaviour and confirms the low-grade quality of the carcinomas, regardless of site of origin.

Type
Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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