A case report of Warthin's tumor (Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum)

Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum, or Warthin's tumor, is a benign lesion of the salivary glands occurring most frequently in the parotid region. Since the initial report of this lesion in 1910, numerous reports have appeared in the literature concerning the occurrence of Warthin's tumor in many extraparotid locations, including the larynx. The vast majority of those tumors arising in the larynx have been disproved because of the absence of one or more of the histologic characteristics of this lesion within the surgical specimen. This paper will review the histologic criteria of Warthin's tumor and the typical clinical occurrence. We will discuss a case of papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum of the larynx that satisfies all the histologic criteria of this lesion. A review of the possible origins of this tumor will demonstrate that this case may lend support to the hypothesis that papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum may be the end result of a delayed hypersensitivity reaction.

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Malignant Lymphoma Arising from Heterotopic Warthin's Tumor in the Neck: Case Report and Review of the Literature

The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine ◽

10.1620/tjem.212.199 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 212 (2) ◽

pp. 199-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Shigeki Gorai ◽

Tsutomu Numata ◽

Sawako Kawada ◽

Masayuki Nakano ◽

Jun-ichi Tamaru ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Malignant Lymphoma ◽

Warthin’S Tumor ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Warthin's Tumor

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Multifocal synchronous warthin's tumor: A case report

American Journal of Otolaryngology ◽

10.1016/s0196-0709(99)90040-6 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 20 (5) ◽

pp. 346-349 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Hüseyin Seven ◽

Ash Batur Çaliş ◽

Tülay Başak ◽

Aras Şenvar

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Warthin’S Tumor ◽

Warthin's Tumor

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Synchronous parotid tumors of different histiological types in association with metastasizing hypopharyngeal carcinoma

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology ◽

10.1017/s0022215100098509 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 99 (12) ◽

pp. 1261-1267 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

David Meikle ◽

C. Thomas Yarington

Keyword(s):

Pleomorphic Adenoma ◽

Squamous Carcinoma ◽

The Other ◽

Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma ◽

Warthin’S Tumor ◽

Piriform Sinus ◽

Parotid Tumors ◽

Different Types ◽

Warthin's Tumor ◽

Papillary Cystadenoma

SummaryAt operation for metastasizing carcinoma of the piriform sinus a patient was found to have two separate parotid tumors, one a pleomorphic adenoma and the other a papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum (Warthin's tumor). These tumors presented as palpable masses on the same side as a lymph node involved with carcinoma. Synchronous parotid tumors of different types are rare; previous reports in the literature show that this combination of pleomorphic adenoma and Warthin's tumor is the most common. We have found no previous report of multiple parotid neoplasms in a patient with coexistent squamous carcinoma of the head and neck.

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