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はじめに
唾液腺に発生する上皮性腫瘍の大部分は多形腺腫である。悪性腫瘍としては,粘表皮癌,腺様嚢胞癌,扁平上皮癌,腺房細胞腫,多形腺腫内癌などが挙げられる。一方,epithelial-myoepithelialcarcinomaは1972年にDonathら1)が命名した組織学的に上皮と筋上皮の細胞が2相性の増殖を特徴とする低悪性癌である。今回われわれは,耳下腺に発生した本腫瘍の症例を経験したので,臨床的特徴について考察を加えて報告する。
A 68-year-old male complained of a mass in the right parotid gland. Imaging study including sialo-graphy and CT scan suggested malingnant tumor. Total parotidectomy with resection of surrounding lymph nodes was performed and the postoperative histopathological findings showed epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma. There was no evidence of recurrence nor metastasis for 5 years after the ini-tial surgery. Although this carcinoma is considered as a low grade malignancy, its clinical features suggest that it should be treated as carefully as a highly malignant tumor.
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