Parotid gland or duct injury can be caused by assault with a knife, bottle, or more rarely, gunshot. Post-traumatic parotid gland and duct injuries are not common.The low rate of occurence of parotid injury may account for the missed diagnosis of parotid and duct injury on admission and, after a varying period, sialoceles or fistulas. This report describes a case of a post-traumatic sialocele o...

Introduction: The parotid gland is the most common site for salivary gland tumors. 70-80% of salivary gland neoplasms occur in the parotid gland, of which 80% are benign, 20% are malignant of which 80% of the benign tumors are pleomorphic adenomas. Aims and Objectives: (1) To know the incidence of parotid gland tumors with respect to age and sex. (2) To study the various modes of clinical prese...

1. Rabbit antisera to purified rat parotid alpha-amylase were prepared. 2. The relationships between rat parotid-gland, pancreatic, serum and liver amylase were investigated by using the antisera in immunodiffusion, immunoelectrophoresis and immunoinhibition experiments. 3. Serum and liver amylase were identical, and very similar to parotid-gland amylase; pancreatic amylase was, however, quite ...

Abstract Background Pilomatrixoma is a rare benign tumor of the hair follicle. It more common in children and women. The cervical facial region are most frequent location for this type tumor. Due to its variable clinical presentations, it can sometimes be misdiagnosed as malignant surrounding tissues, described our case. diagnosis confirmation pathological. Case presentation We report case 34-y...

Congenital absence or rudiment major salivary glands, especially of the parotid glands, are a rare entity. Aplasia of parotid glands has been described alone or in association with abnormalities of other salivary glands, first branchial arch developmental disturbances and other congenital anomalies such as lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome, mandibulofacial dysostosis and ectodermal dysplasia...

A man, age 62 years, presented to the clinic with a 2-week history of increased nontender, nonerythematous, indurated right-sided parotid swelling. A 4 × 6-cm firm, well-circumscribed mass was palpated in the right parotid gland. A fine-needle aspiration biopsy was performed on the parotid mass with aspiration of 0.5 cc of purulent fluid with some blood. Cultures from the aspirate revealed Cocc...

Long lasting sialolithiasis can cause structural and functional changes of the salivary glands, inflammatory infiltration and fibrosis. However fat infiltration with sialolithiasis has not been described in the parotid glands. We describe a 60 years old man, bus-driver who presented with a history of reccurent right parotid sialadenitis and was diagnosed to have bilateral sialolithiasis and lef...

In this report, we describe a case of lipomatosis in the left parotid gland of an eight-year-old female Shetland sheepdog and review the relevant literature. Preoperative diagnosis of lipomatosis with Tru-Cut biopsy presented difficulties in this case. The postoperative diagnosis was based on the gross appearance of a non-infiltrative, circumscribed swollen mass in the parotid gland and the his...

Introduction: Solitary fibrous tumor is a rare, mesenchymal neoplasm that has been reported in numerous sites. Occurrence in the parotid gland is exceedingly rare.   Case Report: A 53-year-old man with a 2 cm solitary fibrous tumor of the left parotid gland, that was observed clinically and operatively and thought to be a neoplasm arising from Stensen's duct, is described. A pre-operative CT sc...

PURPOSE Preclinical data suggest that combining the mTOR/hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) inhibitor temsirolimus and the antiangiogenesis antibody bevacizumab may augment antitumor activity as well as resensitize cells to anthracyclines. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We initiated a phase I study of bevacizumab and temsirolimus plus liposomal doxorubicin in patients with advanced malignancies. Patients (N...