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Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:114-118.

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Malignant mixed tumor of the salivary glands is a rare neoplasm, and the majority of these tumors arise from the parotid gland.¹ Histopathologically, 3 distinct variants of malignant mixed tumors are recognized, the most common being carcinoma arising from a preexisting pleomorphic adenoma.^1-2 The second type is the metastasizing mixed tumor, which has benign-appearing epithelial and stromal components.^1-2 The true malignant mixed tumor or carcinosarcoma, an exceptionally rare tumor, is the third subtype and is composed of malignant epithelial and malignant mesenchymal elements.^2-3

Less than 5% of all salivary gland neoplasms are seen in patients younger than 16 years and 13% of these tumors are solid, of which only 23% are malignant.⁴ The most common malignant salivary gland tumor in children is mucoepidermoid carcinoma, followed by rhabdomyosarcoma and acinic cell carcinoma.⁴ We herein describe a highly unusual patient with a carcinosarcoma of the parotid gland that metastasized to ipsilateral orbit . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Hayyam Kiratli, MD; Hülya Gökmen Soysal, MD; Süleyman Demir, MD
Ankara, Turkey

Corresponding author: Hayyam Kiratli, MD, Ophthalmology, Hacettepe Hastanesi Goz ABD, Shhiye 06100, Ankara, Turkey (e-mail: hkiratli@hacettepe.edu.tr).