Open AccessCribriform adenocarcinoma of the tongue with cervical lymph nodes involvement: Report of an extremely rare tumor and focus about differential diagnosis with polymorphous adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
De Luca Pietro,
Tassone Domenico,
Campora Luca,
Simone Matteo,
Marra Pasquale,
Colacurcio Vito,
Costarelli Leopoldo,
Scarpa Alfonso,
Viti Claudio,
Camaioni Angelo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5125
Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , cribriform , differential diagnosis , tongue , pathology , focus (optics) , lymph , radiology , carcinoma , cancer , physics , optics
Cribriform adenocarcinoma is a rare tumor that arise in tongue and minor salivary glands. Previously, only 56 case have been described. In this paper, we report a case of a 83‐year‐old man and we focus about the differential diagnosis with polymorphous adenocarcinoma.