Squamous cell carcinoma of submandibular salivary gland: A rare case report

Malignant tumors of submandibular salivary gland are rare in occurrence. Squamous cell carcinoma of salivary glands accounts for about 0.9-4.7% of all salivary gland tumors with a predilection to occur in parotid gland due to perinodal involvement. Primary squamous cell carcinoma of submandibular sa...

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Autores principales: Manvikar, Vardendra, Ramulu, Surekha, Ravishanker, Shilpa T, Chakravarthy, Chitra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4196305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328317
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.140909
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Sumario:Malignant tumors of submandibular salivary gland are rare in occurrence. Squamous cell carcinoma of salivary glands accounts for about 0.9-4.7% of all salivary gland tumors with a predilection to occur in parotid gland due to perinodal involvement. Primary squamous cell carcinoma of submandibular salivary gland accounts to about 2% of the tumors and hence it is being represented for its rarity.

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