title: Unusual multiple metastases from malignant pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland.
abstract: A case of malignant pleomorphic adenoma of the left parotid gland which metastasized to the kidney and multiple subcutaneous sites is presented. The patient presented as an acute emergency due to spontaneous rupture of the kidney containing metastasis. All the distant metastatic lesions were confined to the right side of the body.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Jayakumar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sivaramakrishnan
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012867:Skin; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*