Cystic papillary adenocarcinoma of the submandibular gland in a child

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1996 Jun-Jul;17(6):1038-40.

Abstract

A 12-year-old boy reported that a mass in his left jaw had been growing slowly for 8 months. Axial and coronal contrast-enhanced spiral CT showed a 5-cm cystic mass within an enhancing, mildly enlarged submandibular gland. Excisional biopsy revealed a cystic papillary adenocarcinoma of the left submandibular gland, very rare in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Submandibular Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Submandibular Gland / pathology
  • Submandibular Gland / surgery
  • Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*