Yáñez-Barraza Karina-Lizbeth, Domínguez-Malagon Hugo-Ricardo, Mosqueda-Taylor Adalberto, Cano-Valdez Ana-María, Luna-Ortiz Kuauhyama
Department of Health Care, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco. Mexico City.
Department of Surgical Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia. Mexico City.
J Clin Exp Dent. 2014 Oct 1;6(4):e435-9. doi: 10.4317/jced.51441. eCollection 2014 Oct.
Warthin tumor is the second most frequent benign salivary gland tumor after pleomorphic adenoma; it occurs almost exclusively in the parotid gland and peri-parotideal lymph nodes, although it may rarely present in other locations. It may be multicentric and bilateral in a small percentage of cases. Nasopharyngeal Warthin tumor is very rare, and the presence of a synchronic WT involving nasopharynx and parotid is an exceptional event, as it has been described only twice in the literature. In this article we report an additional case of a synchronic Warthin tumor and review the related literature. Key words:Warthin tumor, synchronic WT, multicéntrico, nasopharynx.