title: Papillary cystadenocarcinoma arising from minor salivary glands in the anterior portion of the tongue: a case report.
abstract: Papillary cystadenocarcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland. We report a case of papillary cystadenocarcinoma arising from the minor salivary gland in the anterior portion of the tongue of a 72-year-old male patient with a history of adenocarcinoma of the colon and prostate. Further, we discussed histopathological and clinical features of this lesion, and reviewed the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Sumitomo Hospital, 5-3-20 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan. nakataka@msc.hosp.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018283:Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery