Pembrolizumab in a Patient With a Metastatic CASTLE Tumor of the Parotid
Frontiers in Oncology, 2019 Carcinoma showing thymus-like elements (CASTLE) is a rare tumor, most commonly found in the thyroid gland. Here we report a case of CASTLE tumor localized to the parotid gland, recognized in retrospect after a late manifestation of symptomatic pleural ...
Lisa Lorenz +7 more
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Quantitative Analysis of Parotid Sparing and Reducing Xerostomia Using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy in Oral Cancer Patients [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2023 Introduction: In head and neck cancer (HNC) radiotherapy, parotid, submandibular, and minor salivary glands are often incidentally irradiated. Hence, Xerostomia is the most significant disabling side-effect, to improve the quality of life, it should be ...
PALANIVELU D +7 more
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Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma: does primary melanoma site correlate with anatomic distribution of pathologically involved lymph nodes? [PDF]
, 2012 The aim of this study was to analyse patterns of metastatic spread from cutaneous head and neck melanoma, which are said to be highly variable.
Lukšić, Ivica +3 more
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Accuracy of Patient-Specific Organ Dose Estimates Obtained Using an Automated Image Segmentation Algorithm [PDF]
, 2016 The overall goal of this work is to develop a rapid, accurate, and automated software tool to estimate patient-specific organ doses from computed tomography (CT) scans using simulations to generate dose maps combined with automated segmentation ...
Coradi, Thomas +4 more
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Benign lymphoepithelial cyst of parotid gland: A pathologist's perspective
Journal of Cytology, 2023 Benign lymphoepithelial cyst (BLEC) of the salivary gland is a gradually increasing cystic lesion commonly associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In rare instances, it can be seen in immunocompetent patients.
Sampa Choudhury
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Clinicopathological and targeted exome gene features of a patient with metastatic acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland harboring an ARID2 nonsense mutation and CDKN2A/B deletion [PDF]
, 2015 We describe the presentation, treatment, clinical outcome, and targeted genome analysis of a metastatic salivary acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC). A 71-year-old male presented with a 3 cm right tail of a parotid lesion, first detected as a nodule by the ...
Momand, Jamil +4 more
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Ultrasonographic criteria for the major salivary glands: a perspective for the application of new technologies [PDF]
, 2018 It emerges from the interesting recent article by David et al. (4) on high-resolution ultrasound is the first line examination for parotid gland diffuse disease and focal lesions, normally using grey-scale and color-Doppler ultrasound especially using
Messineo, Daniela
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Actinomycosis of the parotid masquerading as malignant neoplasm.
BMC Cancer, 2004 Background Primary actinomycosis of the parotid gland is of rare occurrence and can mimic a malignant neoplasm both clinically as well as radiologically.
Ramachandran K +3 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Historically USPIO has been used to help with nodal staging but not in primary tumors. The ability to concentrate USPIO may help to differentiate BMT from other types of parotid tumors.
Jason M. Johnson +8 more
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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma associated with osteosarcoma in a true malignant mixed tumor of the submandibular region [PDF]
, 2015 True malignant mixed tumor, also known as carcinosarcoma, is a rare tumor of the salivary gland composed of both malignant epithelial and malignant mesenchymal elements.
Cerbelli, B +4 more
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