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S Manuel1, A Mathews, K Chandramohan
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College Trivandrum, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
We report a case of true malignant mixed tumour (carcinosarcoma) of the parotid gland with epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma and pleomorphic sarcomatous components in a 68-year-old woman. The pleomorphic sarcomatous component behaved aggressively with lymph node and distant metastases. The biological behaviour of the individual components in a malignant mixed tumour makes it difficult to diagnose. We could find no previous report of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma as a component of a carcinosarcoma of the parotid.
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