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'''Warthin tumour''' is a relative common benign tumour of the parotid gland. It is also known as '''papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum'''. | '''Warthin tumour''' is a relative common benign tumour of the parotid gland. It is also known as '''papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum'''. | ||
==General== | |||
*Benign. | |||
Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
*May be multicentric ~ 15% of the time. | *May be multicentric ~ 15% of the time. | ||
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*Classically: male > female -- changing with more women smokers. | *Classically: male > female -- changing with more women smokers. | ||
*Smokers. | *Smokers. | ||
*Old - | *Old - usually 60s, very rarely < 40 years old. | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
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*Not in children. | *Not in children. | ||
==Gross== | |||
*Motor-oil like fluid. | *Motor-oil like fluid. | ||
*Cystic component larger in larger lesions. | *Cystic component larger in larger lesions. | ||