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The most common benign salivary gland tumor is pleomorphic adenoma. They can attain giant proportions and weigh several kilograms. They can cause facial disfigurement and, if untreated, could lead malignant transformation. This image depicts a 7.5 kg pleomorphic adenoma of right submandibular gland...

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Autores principales: De, Utpal, Nandi, Mintu Mohon, Kabiraj, Pranoy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27099752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.490
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description The most common benign salivary gland tumor is pleomorphic adenoma. They can attain giant proportions and weigh several kilograms. They can cause facial disfigurement and, if untreated, could lead malignant transformation. This image depicts a 7.5 kg pleomorphic adenoma of right submandibular gland with malignant change in a 55‐year‐old male.
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spelling pubmed-48314082016-04-20 Giant neck swelling De, Utpal Nandi, Mintu Mohon Kabiraj, Pranoy Clin Case Rep Clinical Images The most common benign salivary gland tumor is pleomorphic adenoma. They can attain giant proportions and weigh several kilograms. They can cause facial disfigurement and, if untreated, could lead malignant transformation. This image depicts a 7.5 kg pleomorphic adenoma of right submandibular gland with malignant change in a 55‐year‐old male. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4831408/ /pubmed/27099752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.490 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831408/
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