Heterotopic salivary gland adenocarcinoma in the cervical region

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1997 Aug;26(4):290-2. doi: 10.1016/s0901-5027(97)80872-7.

Abstract

A case of heterotopic salivary gland adenocarcinoma (HSGA) in the right cervical region is presented. The carcinoma cells were positive for alpha-amylase, carcinoembryonic antigen, epithelial membrane antigen, cytokeratin as well as for expression of human salivary alpha-amylase messenger ribonucleic acid. The possibility of HSGA should be considered when an adenocarcinoma producing human salivary alpha-amylase is diagnosed away from sites where major and minor salivary glands normally are found.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen / analysis
  • Choristoma / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Keratins / analysis
  • Male
  • Mucin-1 / analysis
  • Neck / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / pathology
  • RNA, Messenger / analysis
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Salivary Gland Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Salivary Glands*
  • alpha-Amylases / analysis
  • alpha-Amylases / genetics

Substances

  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen
  • Mucin-1
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Keratins
  • alpha-Amylases