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 ...

OBJECTIVE This study compared extracapsular dissection (ED) vs superficial parotidectomy (SP) in the treatment of pleomorphic adenoma and benign parotid tumors. STUDY DESIGN The research covered the years 1950-2011 in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus. Of 1152 articles screened, 123 studies met the inclusion criteria. A review of the nomenclature of...

Forty-six patients with malignant melanoma metastatic to cervical or parotid lymph nodes with an unknown primary site were treated at UCLA Medical Center from 1964 through 1991. Treatment consisted of parotidectomy and/or neck dissection with or without adjuvant therapy. The initial presentation was a cervical mass in 74% and a parotid mass in 26% of patients. Metastasis distal to the head and ...

Kimura disease is a rare idiopathic chronic inflammatory disorder. It typically presents in the head and neck area, whereas bilateral involvement is unusual. Its diagnosis requires it to be differentiated from other inflammatory diseases and from head and neck tumors. Treatment methods include conservative management, steroid administration, radiotherapy, and surgery; however, no single treatme...

Parotid metastasis originated from papillary thyroid carcinoma is extremely rare, especially as the first presentation of the disease. We present a 70-year-old man with a history of painless swelling in the right side of the neck. He was evaluated for parotid tumor and histopathologic examination revealed a poorly differentiated carcinoma in the parotid gland with suspicion of thyroid origin. T...

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology affecting wide range organs and characterised by the presence noncaseating granulomas. It has rarely been reported in Sri Lanka. This case describes 36-year-old male presenting with loss weight despite preserved appetite. He had evidence sarcoidosis pulmonary, lymph node, eye, hepatosplenomegaly, thyroid parotid gland invol...

Parotid malignancy may occur as a primary neoplasm of the salivary tissue or as metastatic involvement of the parotid lymph nodes. Primary tumors of squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma involving the skin of the head and neck have the potential to spread to lymph nodes of the parotid gland. Metastatic malignant melanoma to the back was exceptionally rare and no such reports have been ...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to evaluate the outcome of patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the parotid gland. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of the tumor registry from 1982 through 2003 at a tertiary referral medical center. Patients with SCC of the parotid gland were identified and followed for a minimum of 2 years after therapy. RESULTS SCC involving ...