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A review of heterotopia and associated salivary gland neoplasms of the head and neck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Alfio Ferlito*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Giulia Bertino
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Alessandra Rinaldo
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Giacinto M. Mannarà
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Kenneth O. Devaney
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
*
Address for correspondence: Alfio Ferlito, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Policlinico Città di Udine, Viale Venezia 410, 33100 Udine, Italy. Fax: +39 0432 532179 e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Salivary tissue neoplasms may involve normal, accessory and heterotopic salivary gland tissue. A case of Warthin's tumour originating from heterotopic salivary gland tissue of the upper neck is reported. The radioactive uptake of 131I, evidenced in the neck mass in its pre-diagnostic assessment, suggested a diagnosis of cervical node involvement from a primary malignant thyroid neoplasm. A critical review of the literature on heterotopic salivary gland tissue neoplasms of the head and neck is also presented.

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Review Article
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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