[Uncommon tumor and pseudotumor lesions of the submandibular fossa].
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.
Vilde
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Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital BOUCICAUT, Paris.
Julie
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Arkwright
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Aidan
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el Bez
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Trotoux
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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