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Salivary duct carcinoma metastasizing to the small bowel

We report a case of salivary duct carcinoma in a 47-years-old woman.The patient presented with symptoms simulating acute appendicitis.Surgery revealed metastatic tumor in the wall of the small bowell.Two months later, a tumor of the right parotid gland was resected, and histologic analysis revealed a salivary duct carcinoma.To our knowledge, this is the first case of salivary duct carcinoma metastazing to the samll bowell with manifestations of metastatic disease as the prominent symptom.

metastasis ; parotid gland ; salivary duct carcinoma ; small bowel

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