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Parotid acinic cell carcinoma with undifferentiated spindle cell transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Jorge A. Ferreiro  and
Amarjit S. Kochar
Jorge A. Ferreiro*
Affiliation:
Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
Amarjit S. Kochar
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, St Mary Medical Center, Hobart, Indiana, USA
*
Dr Jorge A. Ferreiro, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. Fax: 507-284-1599
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Abstract

This report describes a 59-year-old black man who had an acinic cell carcinoma with associated malignant spindle cell transformation in the parotid gland. To the best of our knowledge, a similar lesion in the salivary gland has not been previously reported.

Keywords

Parotid neoplasmsCarcinoma, acinic cellCarcinosarcoma

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Type
Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 10 , October 1994 , pp. 902 - 904
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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