Pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid gland resembling mesenchymal tumors

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1977 Sep;44(3):405-10. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(77)90410-8.

Abstract

Two cases of unusual pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland are described. Each showed marked palisaded zones. Distinction from smooth muscle tumors, neurofibromas, and other spindle-cell neoplasms is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Pleomorphic / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epithelium / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / pathology
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Mesenchymoma / pathology*
  • Neurofibroma / pathology
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology*