Primary muco-epidermoid carcinoma arising in a parotid lymph node

A case of well-differentiated muco-epidermoid carcinoma in a parotid lymph node is described. This tumour apparently arose within and was confined to the lymph node. Salivary ductal and acinar inclusions are often found in parotid lymph nodes and these may occasionally give rise to salivary gland tumours, both benign and malignant. The finding of a malignant salivary gland tumour within such a site does not necessarily imply a metastasis from a primary neoplasm elsewhere in the parotid gland.