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Small cell (OAT cell) carcinoma of minor salivary gland origin
Author(s) -
Koss Leopold G.,
Spiro Ronald H.,
Hajdu Steven
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197209)30:3<737::aid-cncr2820300322>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - salivary gland , medicine , anaplastic carcinoma , pathology , carcinoma , cell , oat cell carcinoma , lung , bronchus , biology , respiratory disease , genetics
Fourteen anaplastic, small cell cancers of minor salivary glands, histologically akin to oat cell carcinoma of the bronchus, were presented. Half of the patients had neck node metastases; four patients survived 5 years or longer. The possibility of minor salivary gland primaries must be kept in mind whenever small cell carcinomas are found in neck nodes. A speculative comment on the possible common cellular origin of these minor salivary gland tumors and oat cell carcinoma of the lung is offered.