Accessory parotid glands as a site of metastases from outside the head and neck: case report

Head Neck. 1990 Sep-Oct;12(5):421-5. doi: 10.1002/hed.2880120509.

Abstract

Metastases to the salivary glands from outside the head and neck are rare. The world literature reports 53 cases to the parotid, and 25 to the submandibular-submaxillary gland. This is the first report of a metastasis to the accessory parotid gland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Parotid Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*