title: Carcinosarcoma of the parotid gland with epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma and pleomorphic sarcoma components.
abstract: We report a case of true malignant mixed tumour (carcinosarcoma) of the parotid gland with epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma and pleomorphic sarcomatous components in a 68-year-old woman. The pleomorphic sarcomatous component behaved aggressively with lymph node and distant metastases. The biological behaviour of the individual components in a malignant mixed tumour makes it difficult to diagnose. We could find no previous report of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma as a component of a carcinosarcoma of the parotid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College Trivandrum, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manuel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chandramohan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D037981:Neck Dissection; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery