Pulmonary metastasis of polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the minor salivary gland.
A surgical case of pulmonary metastases of polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) originating from the minor salivary gland in the soft palate in a 62-year-old woman is reported. PLGA has been to be a locally invasive carcinoma without distant metastases; thus our case is the first reported case with histologically-proven distant metastases to the lung. We emphasise that attention should be paid to distant metastases especially to the lung even in case of PLGA.
Tanaka
F
F
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan.
Wada
H
H
Inui
K
K
Mizuno
H
H
Ike
O
O
Yokomise
H
H
Fukuse
T
T
Hitomi
S
S
Shoji
K
K
Nakashima
Y
Y
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor