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Polycystic (dysgenetic) disease of the parotid glands
J G Batsakis1, J M Bruner, M A Luna
1Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
Polycystic (dysgenetic) disease of the parotid glands is a recently described developmental disorder of the distal duct system of the glands. Apparently limited to the parotid glands and to females, polycystic disease has a characteristic clinical presentation and a distinctive, if not pathognomonic, histopathologic appearance. Three new cases are added to three in the literature to increase awareness of the entity and reduce misdiagnosis.