parotid squamous cell carcinoma

Types

 primary parotid squamous cell carcinoma
 secondary parotid squamous cell carcinoma

A primary of secondary lesions

In a series, 75% of patients have previous epidermoid skin lesions in an area known to drain to the parotid gland and 10% result from direct extension into the gland from an overlying skin carcinoma, whereas only 10% are primary lesions of the gland.

In this series (3823246), patients who presented with involvement of the gland more than 4 months after excision of the skin lesion had a poor prognosis.

Patients with epidermoid skin cancer in areas with a propensity to secondarily involve the parotid gland must be closely followed after treatment of the primary skin lesion.

Variants

 HPV-associated parotid squamous cell carcinoma

See aslo

 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

References

 Y.L. Ying, J.T. Johnson, E.N. Myers. Squamous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland Head Neck, 28 (2006), pp. 626–632.