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Terminal duct adenocarcinomas of the parotid gland
B L Kemp1, J G Batsakis, A K el-Naggar
1Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, USA.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|May 1, 1995
Abstract:
The major salivary glands are considered to rarely be the sites of primary terminal duct adenocarcinomas, a neoplasm with a considerable predilection for origin from intraoral minor salivary glands. We present a clinicopathological study of 22 terminal duct adenocarcinomas of the parotid gland, the largest single series to date. A comparison between the parotid neoplasms and over 200 minor salivary gland terminal duct adenocarcinomas indicates there is little difference in biological behaviour and confirms the low-grade quality of the carcinomas, regardless of site of origin.