Metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma presenting as an asymptomatic kidney tumor twenty-nine years after parotidectomy – urological viewpoint and overview of the literature to date

Pleomorphic adenomas (benign mixed tumors) are the most common tumors of glandular origin in the head and neck and are one of the few benign neoplasms that can undergo malignant transformation. 1 Mixed tumors that are seemingly benign at the microscopic level but metastasize have been termed metasta...

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Main Authors: Jan Ebbing, Carolin Blind, Harald Stein, Kurt Miller, Christoph Loddenkemper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-12-01
Series:Rare Tumors
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e54