A case of childhood parotid cancer suspected as second malignant neoplasm

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  • Nakata Takahiro
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine
  • Yoshida Tadashi
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine
  • Yamada Hiroyuki
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine
  • Ugumori Toru
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine
  • Hato Naohito
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine

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  • 二次発癌が疑われた小児耳下腺癌の1例

Abstract

The prognosis for childhood cancer has improved drastically recently due to advances in anti-tumor therapy. The current 5-year survival rate is over 70%; hence, childhood cancer is curable. However, secondary malignant neoplasms are a late effect of primary cancer therapy. The patient was an 8-year-old girl. When she was 2 years old, she suffered from neuroblastoma (stage IV). Chemotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, surgery, and radiotherapy brought about complete remission. However, 6 years later a right parotid gland tumor appeared. A tumorectomy was then conducted, and intraoperative consultation revealed inflammation of the parotid gland. The final pathological diagnosis was low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland, so we performed an additional operation. This cancer seemed to be secondary malignant neoplasm induced later following childhood cancer therapy. Eighteen months have passed since her final operation, and there is no recurrence of cancer.

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  • Toukeibu Gan

    Toukeibu Gan 42 (4), 414-417, 2016

    Japan Society for Head and Neck Cancer

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