Pleomorphic Adenoma of Parotid Gland: A Case Report & Review of Literature

Overall salivary gland tumours are rare, comprising of less than 3% of overall head and neck neoplasms. Parotid gland is the most common site for the benign salivary gland neoplasm. Usually they are painless slow growing lesion involving the superficial or deep part of the gland and can severely affect the facial nerve functioning. Treatment mainly comprises of surgical excision with preservation of the facial nerve. A 28 year old female presented with painless swelling in the left parotid region since 2 years. The C.T. scan shows a hyperdense circumscribed mass involving the left parotid gland. On surgical exploration the neoplasm was resected and histopathologically diagnosed as Pleomorphic adenoma of parotid. It is of clinical significance to rule out other different benign and malignant neoplasm present in the parotid region for the proper diagnosis and management of these types of lesion encountered in routine dental practice.