Open AccessRare case of venous tumour thrombus from acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland
Author(s) -
Darren Yap,
Alina Denisa Dragan,
Alex Weller,
Taran Tatla
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2020.0076
Subject(s) - acinic cell carcinoma , medicine , thrombus , parotid gland , pathology , internal jugular vein , radiology , salivary gland , surgery , mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Head and neck tumour thrombus is a rare pathology and at present there are no reported cases of tumour thrombus secondary to acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland. We report a case of an 81-year-old man with an acinic cell carcinoma of the left parotid and an intravenous tumour thrombus extending from the retromandibular vein into the internal jugular vein. This case also highlights the importance of radiological imaging in the management of tumour thrombus.