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Bone marrow metastases in salivary duct carcinoma of the parotid gland
- Source :
- BMJ Case Rep
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is a rare and extremely aggressive salivary gland cancer. An 81-year-old woman with SDC underwent a total parotidectomy with facial nerve sacrifice and a neck dissection. Following surgery, she was diagnosed with disseminated bone marrow metastases. She underwent chemotherapy and trastuzumab for palliation. We present a case of SDC of the parotid which was diagnosed with disseminated bone marrow metastasis following surgery for the primary. This case also highlights the importance of having a high index of suspicion while evaluating highly aggressive tumours like SDC for any atypical findings during workup.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Antineoplastic Agents
Bone Neoplasms
Salivary duct carcinoma
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Rare Disease
medicine
Humans
Salivary Ducts
Neoplasm Metastasis
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Aged, 80 and over
Chemotherapy
business.industry
Head and neck cancer
Palliative Care
Neck dissection
General Medicine
Trastuzumab
medicine.disease
Facial nerve
Combined Modality Therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Parotid gland
Parotid Neoplasms
medicine.anatomical_structure
Salivary gland cancer
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Positron-Emission Tomography
Neck Dissection
Female
Bone marrow
Radiology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1757790X
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ case reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4da1f67307a3f4f8f9e0d6e39086045b