Volume : 4, Issue : 1, January - 2015

Oncocytic carcinoma of parotid gland-a case report

R. Rajya Lakshmi, B. V. Rama Reddy, V. Rajani, Ramesh Uppada

Abstract :

<p>Oncocytic carcinoma (OC) is an unusual proliferation of cytomorphologically malignant oncocytes and< /> adenocarcinomatous architecture phenotypes mainly found in glandular tissue, accounting for 0.5% of all epithelial< /> salivary gland malignancies and 0.18% of all epithelial salivary gland tumors. The terms oncocytic carcinoma, oncocytic adenocarcinoma,< /> malignant oncocytoma and malignant oxyphilic adenoma are synonymous. The majority of OC cases have occurred in the parotid glands,< /> but tumors that involved the submandibular gland and minor glands of the palate have also been described. We present a case of Oncocytic< /> carcinoma of parotid gland in a 60 year old female who underwent superficial parotidectomy </p>