REMOVAL OF PAROTID TUMOUR; SUBSEQUENT SALIVARY FISTULA.

Congenital salivary fistula of an accessory parotid gland in Goldenhar syndrome.

OBJECTIVES We report two cases of congenital salivary fistula of an accessory parotid gland, and we discuss its occurrence in Goldenhar syndrome. METHODS Two teenagers complained of a congenital cheek fistula with constant salivary discharge. Computed tomography fistulography and sialography were performed. The diagnosis of Goldenhar syndrome was established based on clinical and imaging find...

Case of Salivary Fistula

The Salivary Glands Surgical Anatomy of the Parotid Salivary Gland

Facial Nerve.The trunk of the facial nerve emerges from the stylomastoid foramen and lies deeply beneath the surface in the angle between the bony external auditory meatus and the mastoid process. It passes forwards around the neck of the condyle of the mandible and rapidly becomes superficial. As it does so, it divides; first into an upper temporofacial division and a lower cervicofacial divis...

Salivary duct carcinoma of parotid gland

A 40-year old male presented with rapidly growing swelling in the right parotid region. Based on the fine needle aspiration cytology report of adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified, superficial parotidectomy was performed, which showed the features of salivary duct carcinoma by histopathological examination. The smears were reviewed to identify the potential pitfalls in the cytological diagnos...

Branchial cysts within the parotid salivary gland

Cystic lesions within the parotid gland are uncommon and clinically they are frequently misdiagnosed as tumours. Many theories have been proposed as to their embryological origin. A 20-year retrospective review was undertaken of all pathological codes (SNOMED) of all of patients presenting with any parotid lesions requiring surgery. After analysis seven subjects were found to have histopatholog...