Abstract
Carcinosarcoma of the salivary gland, also referred to as malignant mixed tumor, constitutes less than 0.1% of all salivary gland tumor1,2 that most frequently affect the parotid gland. Four types of lesions have been described: 1) Histologically benign pleomorphic adenoma with clinical evidence of metastasis. 2) Compound malignancy (carcinoma and sarcoma) arising within a pre-existing pleomorphic adenoma. 3) Compound malignancy (carcinoma and sarcoma) arising de novo from a salivary gland without histologic evidence of pre-existing pleomorphic adenoma. 4) Carcinoma or sarcoma singularly arising within a pre-existing pleomorphic adenoma.
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