MALIGNANT MYOEPITHELIOMA OF THE PAROTID-GLAND - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

A 62-year-old male with a myoepithelioma of the right parotid gland wa s treated with surgical excision followed by adjuvant radiation therap y. Prior to the completion of radiation therapy, the patient developed progressive disease at local, regional, and distant metastatic sites. Combined modality treatment with radiation and chemotherapy resulted in a significant but transient shrinkage of the tumours at all sites. The patient succumbed to metastatic disease 212 days following the dia gnostic biopsy. This case illustrates several of the distinctive clini cal and pathological characteristics of this rare tumour.