PMID: 9531780Apr 9, 1998Paper

Lymphoma of the parotid salivary gland

Medicinski pregled
M SenteZ Dukić

Abstract

Lymphomas appear mostly in lymph nodes and parenchymal organs such as liver and spleen, while other localizations are less frequent. They are classified as Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin types, and these two are divided into subtypes, according to cell morphology and the characteristics of concurrent elements. Parotid salivary gland lymphomas are rare primary tumours of this region, although 80% of all salivary gland lymphomas, appear in parotid. They originate from intraparotid or periparotid lymph nodes, or from lymphoid elements of other pathological states in the gland such as sialadenitis, cysts with the presence of lymphoid tissue, parenchymal neoplasms with lymphoid component present and autoimmune illnesses, esp. Sjögren syndrome. Many authors (2-15) who have issued publications on this topic in foreign professional literature in the past ten years, agree that the primary localization of lymphomas in parotid salivary gland is very rare, although in recent decades more frequent than earlier (5). In majority of cases they appear on one side, although there are very rare cases of described parotid salivary glands on both sides. The illness most often starts as painless, soft knob in the region of parotid salivary gland. Other dis...Continue Reading

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