Salivary Duct Carcinoma of the Minor Salivary Gland: A Rare Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Interdisciplinary Histopathology - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is a rare invasive malignancy arising in the ductal epithelium of the salivary glands. Nearly 85% of the cases occur in the parotid gland followed by submandibular gland. Rarely is it described in the hard palate. Salivary duct carcinomas affecting the minor salivary glands have been reported in only 4% of the SDC cases and constitute 2% of all the salivary gland malignant neoplasms. It is characterized by aggressive behavior with early metastasis, local recurrence and significant mortality. The tumor has predilection for older men in the 6th to 7th decades of life. In this article; we report a case of a salivary gland carcinoma which was present in the right posterior region of the maxilla of a 50 year old female patient.
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Shalini Gupta, Khushboo Gupta, Hari Ram, Om Gupt
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- DOI 10.5455/jihp.20130129105039
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