Metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma

Case contributed by Abbas M. Mahmood , 14 Feb 2019
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the patient has history of multiple surgerysurgeries due to recurrence Rt submandibular gland pleomorphic adenoma 

the expansile lytic lesion in the mandible was present 7 years previously but he feels it  for four years  

at the age of 26, we faced a case and we thought of metastasis and we took a chest X-ray we find a single nodule later we arrangedAct and we found to be two lesions 

The patient underwent resectresecting of the lytic lesion in the mandible + bone graftand sene for histopathology which proved to be metastatic deposits of pleomorphic adenoma but with benign histology 

  • -<p>the patient has history of multiple surgery due to recurrence Rt submandibular gland pleomorphic adenoma </p><p>the expansile lytic lesion in the mandible was present 7 years previously but he feels it  for four years  </p><p>at the age of 26, we faced a case and we thought of metastasis and we took a chest X-ray we find a single nodule later we arranged Act and we found to be two lesions </p><p>The patient underwent resect of the lytic lesion in the mandible + bone graft and sene for histopathology which proved to be metastatic deposits of pleomorphic adenoma but with benign histology </p>
  • +<p>the patient has history of multiple surgeries due to recurrence Rt submandibular gland pleomorphic adenoma </p><p>the expansile lytic lesion in the mandible was present 7 years previously but he feels it  for four years  </p><p>at the age of 26, we faced a case and we thought of metastasis and we took a chest X-ray we find a single nodule later we arranged Act and we found to be two lesions </p><p>The patient underwent resecting of the lytic lesion in the mandible + bone graft and sene for histopathology which proved to be metastatic deposits of pleomorphic adenoma but with benign histology </p>

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subsequentltsubsequently a CT chest arranged for further characterize the lesions in the chest X-ray

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