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Multifocal multi-site Warthin tumour

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The unique case of a 55-year-old man with multifocal adenolymphoma (Warthin’s tumour) of both parotid glands, the neck and post-nasal space is presented. Warthin tumour is almost exclusively a parotid tumour but is known to be bilateral in 7–10% of cases and multifocal in 2% of cases. Most extraglandular Warthin tumours have been located in neck lymph nodes and only a few cases have been reported from other sites. The presented case is unique in having synchronous and metachronous Warthin tumours, as well as one of the tumours being neither truly parotid, nor within a lymph node.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6LA, UK

    Jennifer M. Hilton, John S. Phillips & Don J. Premachandra

  2. Deparment of Cellular Pathology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UB, UK

    Henrik B. Hellquist

  3. Paddock House, The common, Mellis, Suffolk, IP23 8EF, England

    John S. Phillips

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Hilton, J.M., Phillips, J.S., Hellquist, H.B. et al. Multifocal multi-site Warthin tumour. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 265, 1573–1575 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-008-0622-z

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