Undifferentiated carcinoma of the submandibular salivary gland with fulminant clinical course: a case report.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2006 Apr; 49(2): 283-5
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Undifferentiated carcinoma of salivary glands is too poorly differentiated to be classified as any of the specific group of carcinomas. This is a rare disease, the incidence of which is rather low-to-very low in the Indian subcontinent. The tumor can assume an aggressive clinical behavior characterized by disseminated metastases. The prognosis is rated as dismal; as evidenced by this clinical report of a tumor in the submandibular salivary gland with synchronous metastases to the skull bones and in to the intracranial fossa. The putative relationship of the tumor to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is discussed.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Skull Neoplasms
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Brain Neoplasms
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Female
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Humans
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Submandibular Gland Neoplasms
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Carcinoma
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Adult
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Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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