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Disease

salivary gland squamous cell carcinoma

MONDO:0044740Mondo

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No curated finding names salivary gland squamous cell carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.

Definition

A squamous cell carcinoma arising from the salivary glands. The majority of patients are in their sixth through eight decades. It usually presents as a rapidly enlarging mass, which may be painful. It usually has an aggressive clinical course.

Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0044740), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.

Where it sits

A kind of: malignant epithelial tumor of salivary glands
oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma
salivary gland carcinoma
Narrower terms (2): parotid gland squamous cell carcinoma
salivary gland adenosquamous carcinoma

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Resolves to: salivary gland squamous cell carcinoma

Also called: epidermoid carcinoma of salivary glandepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glandsaliva-secreting gland squamous cell carcinomasalivary gland epidermoid carcinomasalivary gland SCCsalivary gland squamous cell cancerSCC of salivary glandSCC of the salivary glandsquamous cell carcinoma of salivary glandsquamous cell carcinoma of the salivary gland