title: [Uncommon tumor and pseudotumor lesions of the submandibular fossa].
abstract: The histological examination of the salivary gland tumors is a very important step in the diagnostic approach of the lesions, on which depends the success of therapeutic outcome. Some surprises may occur; four examples were reported. In one case the lesion was not a tumor but a tuberculous lymphadenitis; another showed a Destombes Rosai Dorfman syndrome. Two other cases were found to be unusual tumors: a carcinosarcoma of the submandibular gland and a metastasis of a Merkel carcinoma in the submandibular gland.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital BOUCICAUT, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vilde
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Julie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arkwright
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aidan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Bez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trotoux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015618:Histiocytosis, Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis