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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma of the parotid gland with high-grade transformation.

Shubham Rani, Niladri Banerjee, Divya Aggarwal, Poonam Abhay Elhence

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shubham RaniDepartment of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Niladri BanerjeeDepartment of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India docniladri@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6934-5216
Divya AggarwalDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Poonam Abhay ElhenceDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4660-389X
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A woman presented with a painless swelling in front of her right auricle, which, on examination, seemed to be a hard, immobile mass arising from the right parotid gland. CT scan showed a heterogeneously enhancing mass lesion in the superficial lobe of the parotid gland with partial extension into the deep lobe. Fine needle aspiration cytology suggested a high-grade transformation (HGT) with the presence of bizarre tumour cells. She underwent a right-sided total parotidectomy with transient facial neuropraxia in the postoperative period. The final pathological diagnosis of the specimen came out to be epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma with HGT, which is a relatively rare entity, with no defined guidelines for management. Our patient was managed by surgical resection alone without any postoperative radiation therapy, and short-term follow-up results seem to suggest no recurrence.

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Atrial AppendageCarcinomaContusionsBiopsy, Fine-NeedleFemaleHumansParotid GlandGeneral surgeryHead and neck cancerHead and neck surgeryPathologySurgical oncology

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PMID38262715
PMCPMC10826490
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