Anaplastic carcinoma of the parotid gland: a case report of a patient disease free after nine years. Follow-up.
A case of massive anaplastic carcinoma of the left parotid gland in a 29-year old female Nigerian, of Yoruba tribe, for which radical left parotidectomy with external carotid artery ligation and post-operative radiotherapy was performed is presented Nine years post-operatively, no evidence of recurrence or metastasis was found. The patient is in apparent good health, despite the amount of tumour spillage that was experienced intra-operatively. As far as we have been able to check, it is to our knowledge the first of such from Nigeria.
Ladeinde
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AL
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos.
Akinwande
J A
JA
Ogunlewe
M O
MO
Odukoya
O O
OO
Taiwo
E O
EO
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000601:surgery; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016896:Treatment Outcome