RESUMEN: El carcinoma mioepitelial es una rara neoplasia maligna de las glándulas salivales; puede originarse de novo o desarrollarse en un adenoma pleomórfico preexistente o un mioepitelioma. Las características histológicas e inmunohistoquímicas de un caso de carcinoma mioepitelial de glándula pa...
Introdução: O adenoma pleomorfo é a neoplasia benigna de glândula salivar mais comum, podendo acometer glândulas salivares maiores e menores. Essa neoplasia ocorre em uma ampla faixa etária, e se caracteriza por uma ampla variabilidade clinico-patológica e por altas taxas de recorrência. Objeti...
Abstract Introduction Recently it has been reported that a high preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio may be related to increased recurrence risk, tumor aggressiveness, and worsened prognosis in various malignancies. Objective The objective of this research is to explor...
Abstract Introduction: Cell division cycle-7 protein is a serine/threonine kinase that has a basic role in cell cycle regulation and is a potential prognostic or therapeutic target in some human cancers. Objectives: This study investigated the expression of cell division cycle-7 protein in benign and m...
El adenoma pleomorfo es el tumor benigno más frecuente de las glándulas salivales. Puede sufrir transformación maligna y metastatizar a otros órganos distantes y, en otros casos, hacerlo como un tumor benigno. Se presenta el caso de un hombre de 82 años con lesión hepática detectada por ecografía...
Background:: Epithelial tumors of the salivary glands, including benign tumors and aggressive malignancies with different prognoses, are uncommon. Aim: To describe the frequency and distribution of salivary gland tumors according to age, gender and anatomical location. Material and Methods: Review of p...
ABSTRACT: Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is the most common benign salivary gland neoplasm and it is frequently diagnosed in the third and fourth decade with predilection for women. PA is the most common benign lesion of minor salivary glands in children and adolescents, being the palate one of the most freque...
ABSTRACT Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesenchymal spindle-cell neoplasm commonly found in the pleura; it is rare in the orbit and extremely rare in the lacrimal gland. We herein report a case of SFT of the lacrimal gland that mimicked a pleo morphic adenoma. We discuss the clinical, radiologica...
