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Familial bilateral acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid synchronous with pituitary adenoma: case report.
Head & neck - 1 Sept 2005
Delides Alexander, Velegrakis George, Kontogeorgos George, Karagianni Evangelia, Nakas Dimitris, Helidonis Emmanuel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acinic cell carcinoma is a common neoplasm of the salivary glands that occurs predominately in the parotid. Only one case of a familial recurrence of such a neoplasm and 16 cases of bilateral tumors have been reported. METHODS: History files and histologic reports of a patient with bilateral multifocal acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid and a synchronous pituitary adenoma, and of the patient's...
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