title: Salivary duct carcinoma.
abstract: Salivary duct carcinoma is a high-grade neoplasm associated primarily with the parotid gland. Its abysmal prognosis demands aggressive clinical management. Initially named after its resemblance to intraductal carcinoma of the breast, this entity derives its histogenesis from the excretory duct reserve cells, which are also the source of origin of other biologically high-grade neoplasms. As this is a lesion seldom encountered by the clinician, it is important for the pathologist to clearly make the distinction between this malignancy and more indolent neoplasms, such as terminal duct adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Murrah
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Batsakis
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic