Kuttner’s tumor: The salivary gland tumor mimic
Journal Title: IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Kuttner tumor is a rare tumor like lesion of the salivary gland characterized by chronic inflammatory disease of the submandibular salivary gland It is under diagnosed entity since 1896 when Kuttner reported four cases of chronic sclerosing sialadenitis Kuttners tumor for the first timeDiagnosis of chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is made only on histopathology hence it is challenging entity for the clinician as well as for the pathologist in view of its presentation as hard palpable mass and mimics of malignant neoplasmWe report case of 35yrs old male presented with left submandibular Kuttner tumor The aim of the case report is to highlight the role of histopathology in early diagnosis and stress on this rare under diagnosed tumor mimicKeywords Kuttner tumor Sclerosing Sialadenitis Submandibular gland
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Dhiraj B. Nikumbh, Roopali D Nikumbh, Hemant More
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