TITLE:
Gross Tumour of Minor Salivary Glands in HIV Sero-Positive Patient
AUTHORS:
Jean Valentin Fokouo Fogha, Gisele Alenda Ngulefac, Esthelle Genevieve Stephanie Minka Ngom, Vincent Fonyam, Louis Richard Njock
KEYWORDS:
Adenocarcinoma; Minor Salivary Glands; HIV
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Vol.3 No.3,
May
29,
2012
ABSTRACT: Tumours of minor salivary glands are rare. We report the case of a 58-year-old HIV positive woman with a palatal adenocarcinoma evolving for 15 years, followed by a literature review. The case enlightens on the deleterious effect of delayed specialist consultation, which in our context is multifactorial in origin.