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Benign metastatic mixed tumours or unrecognized salivary carcinomas?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. El-Naggar ,
J. G. Batsakis  and
S. Kessler
A. El-Naggar*
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumour Institute, The University of Texas System Cancer Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
J. G. Batsakis
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumour Institute, The University of Texas System Cancer Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
S. Kessler
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
*
Address for correspondence and Reprints: Division of Pathology, The University of Texas System Cancer Center, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumour Institute, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030.
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Abstract

‘Benign metastasizing mixed tumours’ are enigmatic lesions of the parotid gland. The authors, through the illustrations of a case and review of the literature, conclude that the tumours are unrecognized and currently unclassified malignancies.

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Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 9 , September 1988 , pp. 810 - 812
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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