Metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma presenting as an asymptomatic kidney tumor twenty-nine years after parotidectomy – urological viewpoint and overview of the literature to date
Pleomorphic adenomas (benign mixed tumors) are the most common tumors of glandular origin in the head and neck and are one of the few benign neoplasms that can undergo malignant transformation. 1 Mixed tumors that are seemingly benign at the microscopic level but metastasize have been termed metasta...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-12-01
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Series: | Rare Tumors |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e54 |