Crazy Whartin tumor or crazy surgeon’s idea? Why do we avoid  an open biopsy of parotid tumors?

Ewelina Bartkowiak; Andrzej Kluk; Alicja Przybycin; Małgorzata Wierzbicka

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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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1/2021
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Review article

Crazy Whartin tumor or crazy surgeon’s idea? Why do we avoid an open biopsy of parotid tumors?

Ewelina Bartkowiak

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Andrzej Kluk

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Alicja Przybycin

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Małgorzata Wierzbicka

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Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

Katedra Patomorfologii i Immunologii Klinicznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2021; 1: 7–10

Online publish date: 2021/10/24

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We present an extremely rare case of an infarcted Warthin tumor of the parotid gland, which mimics a malignant tumor. The stable tumor was observed for three years, but after open biopsy, the patient reported rapid, rocking tumor growth with skin ulceration. The differentiation of infarcted Warthin tumors from other salivary gland tumors poses a huge challenge for clinicians, thus special attention is paid to the latest diagnostic tools that help to identify this tumor at the preoperative stage.

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Crazy Whartin tumor or crazy surgeon’s idea? Why do we avoid an open biopsy of parotid tumors?

Ewelina Bartkowiak 1 , Andrzej Kluk 2 , Alicja Przybycin 1 , Małgorzata Wierzbicka 1

metaplastic (infarted) Warthin tumor, salivary gland tumor, FNAC, open biopsy, pleomorphic ademona, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Ewelina Bartkowiak

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,

Andrzej Kluk

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Alicja Przybycin

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Małgorzata Wierzbicka

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