Dendritic cell tumor in a salivary gland lymph node: a rare differential diagnosis of salivary gland neoplasms
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Dendritic cell tumor in a salivary gland lymph node: a rare differential diagnosis of salivary gland neoplasms
Dendritic cell tumors are extremely rare neoplasms arising from antigen-presenting cells of the immune system. We report a case of a 69-year-old man with an unremarkable medical history who presented with a 2-months history of a gradually enlarging painless, firm, mobile, 2 × 2-cm swelling at the caudal pole of the left parotid gland without systemic symptoms. Histologically, the tumor consiste...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic Pathology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-6-94