A Case of Submandibular Gland Salivary Duct Carcinoma

Salivary duct carcinoma, first reported by Kleinsasser et al. in 1968, histologically features, resembles ductal carcinoma of the breast. We report a case of salivary duct carcinoma of the submandibular gland. A 65-year-old man reporting an 8-year history of right submandibullar swelling was found to have. Multiple bone and lung metastasis necessifafing submandibullar sialoadenectomy and right-neck dissection. Skin metastasis was found four months later. Histologically, this tumor was diagnosied as salivary duct carcinoma based on the presence of comedo necrosis. The man is well and metastasis-free, 8 months after surgery.