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Case 21 - Intraductal 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 76-year-old woman complained of a painless, slowly growing tumor in the right parotid gland. Surgical resection of the lesion was performed. The patient was without disease 6 years after follow-up.

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Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck Pathology , pp. 45 - 46
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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