Table 1 Previously reported cases of salivary gland large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
Reference | Age | Sex | Past history | Presenting complaints | Size of tumor | Location | FNAC findings | Immunohisto-chemical findings | Treatment | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hui et al.[7] | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | not performed | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
Larsson and Donner [8] | 88 | F | n.r. | mobile mass of neck | 2cm | right parotid | undifferentiated carcinoma | Chr (−), Syn (+) | Op and Rx | 3 years disease free |
Nagao et al.[9] | 72 | F | n.r. | enlargement of neck | 7cm | right parotid | large cell undifferentiated carcinoma | Chr (−), Syn (+) | Cx and Op and Rx | died 5 months after operation |
Nagao et al.[9]. | 73 | M | n.r. | enlargement of neck | 3.3cm | right parotid | not performed | Chr (+), Syn (−) | Op and Rx | died 4 years after operation |
Casas et al.[10] | 74 | M | n.r. | enlargement of neck | 9cm | left parotid | large cell undifferentiated carcinoma | Chr (+), Syn (+) | Op and Rx | 8 months disease free |
Ueo et al.[11] | 72 | M | gastric cancer | enlargement of neck | 4.5cm | right parotid | not performed | Chr (+), Syn (+) | Op and Rx | died 8 months after operation |
Sowerby et al.[12] | 81 | M | none | facial paralysis | 6cm | left submandibular | atypical lymphoid proliferation | Chr (−), Syn (+) | Cx and Rx | 27 months disease free |
This report | 68 | M | DM, colon cancer | abdominal pain enlargement of neck | 5cm | right submandibular | poorly differentiated carcinoma | Chr (−), Syn (+) | none | died 1 month after symptom appeared |