Pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed tumour) of the salivary glands: Its diverse clinical, radiological, and histopathological presentation

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-20

  Lingam, Ravi K ^a,b   Daghir, Ahmed A ^b   Nigar, Ezra ^a   Abbas, Syeda A B ^a   Kumar, Mahesh ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign mixed tumour; Histopathology; Imaging; Pleomorphic adenoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HARD PALATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SALIVARY GLAND EXAMINATION; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SKIN; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SUBLINGUAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78651323626     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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