Batsakis J G, Ordonez N G, Sevidal P A, Baker J R
Department of Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston.
J Laryngol Otol. 1988 Oct;102(10):901-4. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100106772.
The parotid gland is added to the list of parenchymal organs, notably the pancreas, in which osteoclast-like cells appear as constituent cells in their neoplasms. The cells' role in the neoplasms is a reactive one or, more rarely, as an integral element in an osteoclast-type giant cell neoplasm or so-called osteoclastoma. Distinctive in histological appearance, the osteoclast-type giant cell neoplasm is a malignant lesion that, to date, has been described only in the pancreas and parotid glands. This report presents examples of each type of giant cell lesion in the parotid gland.
