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Actions	Salivary Gland Tumour Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.7641 TitleSalivary Gland Tumour Creator Q. Stewart DescriptionWet specimen. Salivary gland. Hemisection of a “mixed” tumour of a parotid From a female from the Congo, aged 53 years, in whom a tumour of the cheek formed a hard, lobulated, globular, well defined growth connected with the parotid gland. The tumour is somewhat oval and measures in its long diameter 50 mm. It is covered by a thin fibrous capsule and the surface is nodular. Section shows irregular lobules composed of fibrous tissue, hyaline cartilaginous-looking areas, myxomatous tissue and a few irregular spaces. Microscopic examination shows the structure of a “mixed” tumour of the salivary-gland type with strands of epithelium and much mucinous transformation. There was no evidence of malignancy. Production placeAFRICA Production date 1928 Object nameSALIVARY GLAND, TUMOUR Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

Object numberGC.7641

TitleSalivary Gland Tumour

DescriptionWet specimen. Salivary gland. Hemisection of a “mixed” tumour of a parotid From a female from the Congo, aged 53 years, in whom a tumour of the cheek formed a hard, lobulated, globular, well defined growth connected with the parotid gland. The tumour is somewhat oval and measures in its long diameter 50 mm. It is covered by a thin fibrous capsule and the surface is nodular. Section shows irregular lobules composed of fibrous tissue, hyaline cartilaginous-looking areas, myxomatous tissue and a few irregular spaces. Microscopic examination shows the structure of a “mixed” tumour of the salivary-gland type with strands of epithelium and much mucinous transformation. There was no evidence of malignancy.

Production placeAFRICA

Production date 1928

Object nameSALIVARY GLAND, TUMOUR

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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