title: Anaplastic carcinoma of the parotid gland: a case report of a patient disease free after nine years. Follow-up.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ladeinde
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Akinwande
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ogunlewe
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Odukoya
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Taiwo
mesh_terms: 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