Accessory parotid glands as a site of metastases from outside the head and neck: case report.
Metastases to the salivary glands from outside the head and neck are rare. The world literature reports 53 cases to the parotid, and 25 to the submandibular-submaxillary gland. This is the first report of a metastasis to the accessory parotid gland.
Goldberg
J A
JA
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
Georgiade
G S
GS
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*