Pleomorphic adenoma of the palate: a case report and review of the literature

Salivary gland tumors are rare and account for 2–3% of tumors occurring in the head and neck. Pleomorphic adenoma is a benign neoplasm which is commonly encountered in the parotid gland and other major salivary glands. At times they can also develop in minor salivary glands of the palate. The majori...

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Autores principales: Rahnama, Mansur, Orzędała-Koszel, Urszula, Czupkałło, Łukasz, Łobacz, Michał
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3685345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23788973
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2013.33438
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author Rahnama, Mansur
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Łobacz, Michał
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description Salivary gland tumors are rare and account for 2–3% of tumors occurring in the head and neck. Pleomorphic adenoma is a benign neoplasm which is commonly encountered in the parotid gland and other major salivary glands. At times they can also develop in minor salivary glands of the palate. The majority of minor salivary gland tumors are malignant. This case report describes a case of mixed tumor in a minor salivary gland of the hard palate.
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spelling pubmed-36853452013-06-20 Pleomorphic adenoma of the palate: a case report and review of the literature Rahnama, Mansur Orzędała-Koszel, Urszula Czupkałło, Łukasz Łobacz, Michał Contemp Oncol (Pozn) Case Report Salivary gland tumors are rare and account for 2–3% of tumors occurring in the head and neck. Pleomorphic adenoma is a benign neoplasm which is commonly encountered in the parotid gland and other major salivary glands. At times they can also develop in minor salivary glands of the palate. The majority of minor salivary gland tumors are malignant. This case report describes a case of mixed tumor in a minor salivary gland of the hard palate. Termedia Publishing House 2013-03-15 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3685345/ /pubmed/23788973 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2013.33438 Text en Copyright © 2013 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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