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Epitheloid Myxofibrosarcoma of the Parotid Gland

Myxofibrosarcoma has been recently described as a distinct histological entity and commonly affects the extremities and trunk of the elderly. It is, however, rare in the head and neck (2.8%) region, and we are unaware of any reports of it presenting as a parotid mass. The epitheloid variant accounts...

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Autores principales: Srinivasan, B., Ethunandan, M., Hussain, K., Ilankovan, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/641621
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Ethunandan, M.
Hussain, K.
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description Myxofibrosarcoma has been recently described as a distinct histological entity and commonly affects the extremities and trunk of the elderly. It is, however, rare in the head and neck (2.8%) region, and we are unaware of any reports of it presenting as a parotid mass. The epitheloid variant accounts for less than 3% of myxofibrosarcomas. We report a case of a 78/F presenting with an epitheloid myxofibrosarcoma in the parotid gland. The clinical presentation was of a parotid lump of 9-month duration, and the diagnosis was made following thorough histological assessment. We present what we believe to be the first reported case of a (epitheloid) myxofibrosarcoma affecting the parotid gland and highlight its diagnostic features and outcome of treatment.
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spelling pubmed-34205672012-08-30 Epitheloid Myxofibrosarcoma of the Parotid Gland Srinivasan, B. Ethunandan, M. Hussain, K. Ilankovan, V. Case Rep Pathol Case Report Myxofibrosarcoma has been recently described as a distinct histological entity and commonly affects the extremities and trunk of the elderly. It is, however, rare in the head and neck (2.8%) region, and we are unaware of any reports of it presenting as a parotid mass. The epitheloid variant accounts for less than 3% of myxofibrosarcomas. We report a case of a 78/F presenting with an epitheloid myxofibrosarcoma in the parotid gland. The clinical presentation was of a parotid lump of 9-month duration, and the diagnosis was made following thorough histological assessment. We present what we believe to be the first reported case of a (epitheloid) myxofibrosarcoma affecting the parotid gland and highlight its diagnostic features and outcome of treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3420567/ /pubmed/22937388 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/641621 Text en Copyright © 2011 B. Srinivasan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Epitheloid Myxofibrosarcoma of the Parotid Gland
title_sort epitheloid myxofibrosarcoma of the parotid gland
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/641621
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