Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological, therapeutic, and survival data on pediatric major salivary gland cancers. Materials Methods: National Cancer Database (NCDB) query from 2004 to 2018. Results: In total, 967 cases of individuals under age 21 were identified. Most cancers affected parotid (86%). Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (41.3%) acinic cell adenocarcinoma (33.6%) most common. Tumo...

Intracystic papillary carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of the breast. It occurs communally in postmenopausal women. Clinically it can be asymptomatic or manifested by a breast mass or a nipple discharge. On imaging intracystic papillary carcinoma has usually benign features. Pathologic diagnosis can be difficult at classical histological examination and identification of myoepithelial cells ...

We report a rare case of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) of the parotid gland. A 70-year-old man presented with a 4-months-history of right-sided subauricular swelling. Computed tomographic scans revealed a well-defined mass with cystic lesion, measuring about 40 mm in diameter, in the right parotid gland. Because the tumor occupied superficial lobe, he underwent superficial parotidect...

Kim CH, et al. Thorax 2017;0:1–2. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211155 An 83-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with mild dyspnoea. The patient had been in her usual state of health until 3 days prior to admission. Her medical history revealed no specific illness, and she was a never-smoker. The patient’s vital signs were within normal range, and physical examination revealed dec...

Myoepithelial carcinomas exhibit a wide spectrum of cytomorphologic features and diverse clinical outcomes. As a result of their morphologic heterogeneity, they can be confused easily with many tumours. Herein we report the morphological features of myoepithelial carcinoma in a 74-year-old female clinically presenting with a parotid mass. FNAB revealed hypercellular, three-dimensional clusters ...