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Case 29 - Small-Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2019

By
Llucia Alos  and
Paola Castillo
Edited by
Alessandro Franchi
Alessandro Franchi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Summary

A 54-year-old man presented with a history of 2 months of a painless, rapidly growing mass in right parotid region. The CT scan disclosed a 2 cm tumor in the parotid gland and several cervical regional adenopathies. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the tumor was performed before the surgical excision of the right parotid gland. The patient was treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and he without evidence of disease, after 2 years of follow-up.

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Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck Pathology , pp. 62 - 64
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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