Tumor de Warthin bilateral sincrónicoCaso clínico y revisión de la literatura
- Damián Alonso Vaquero
- Luis Manuel Junquera Gutiérrez
- Juan Carlos de Vicente Rodríguez
- José María Albertos Castro
ISSN: 1130-0558
Year of publication: 1998
Volume: 20
Issue: 4
Pages: 204-208
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista española de cirugía oral y maxilofacial: Publicación Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial
Abstract
Warthin\'s tumour is a benign neoplasm consisting of both Iymphoid and epithelial elements. This lesion is, next to the pelomorphic adenoma, the most common benign tumour of the parotid gland. Warthin\'s tumour whit bilateral synchronous presentation is seldom encountered. A survery of the world literature has revealed no more than 71 cases of bilateral Warthin \'s tumours, of which only 11 cases ocuwed simultaneously. The purpose of this paper is to report a new case of simultaneous bilateral Warthin\'s tumour.