Clear-cell sarcoma is a rare, malignant soft tissue tumor that displays melanocytic differentiation with a distinct molecular profile. It is rarely localized in the gastrointestinal tract. Herein we reported a case of multiple synchronous clear-cell sarcomas of the gastrointestinal tract with parotid gland metastasis. A 51-year-old male patient presented with a growing painless mass under the r...

Adenomatous ductal proliferation/hyperplasia (ADP/H) of the salivary gland, a rare asymptomatic nonneoplastic lesion that histopathologically resembles basal cell adenoma, is typically incidentally identified in resected specimens of other salivary diseases such as tumors and chronic sialadenitis. A 70-year-old male was referred to our hospital with a 9-month history of continuous swelling in t...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland is a rare and slowly growing, but highly malignant tumor. Surgical resection of a malignant parotid tumor should include resection of the facial nerve when the nerve is involved in the tumor. Facial nerve reconstruction is required after nerve resection. A 14 year-old female presented with complaints of painless enlargement of the right parotid glan...

A five-year-old boy with squamous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland is presented. The patient had a painless mass in his left parotid region with left facial palsy. Squamous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland shows high grade malignancy and is extremely rare in children, especially under five years old. After neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, he was given a total parotidectomy and radical neck diss...

INTRODUCTION We describe the first known case of bilateral basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland, and we review existing literature. CASE PRESENTATION A previously healthy, 70-year-old white man presented with a 2-cm enlarging mass in the tail of the right parotid gland. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography showed ipsilateral pathologic adenopathy. Results of fin...

Warthin’s tumor, also known as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum or adenolymphoma, is the second most common benign tumor of the salivary glands. It is commonly seen in lower lobe of the parotid gland and affects mainly male in sixth or seventh decades of life. Studies have shown that there is a close association between Warthin’s tumor and cigarette smoking. Preoperative fine needle aspirati...

A 39-year-old coal merchant presented to his family practitioner with a seven month history of swelling of the left side of his face. He was referred to hospital where a left parotid mass was noted. All routine haematological and biochemical investigations were normal. A needle biopsy of the parotid mass, showed, on light microscopy using mercury based fixation, the presence of cells whose appe...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous melanoma is often characterized by its pigmented appearance; however, up to 8.1% of such lesions contain little or no pigmentation. Amelanotic melanomas, lesions devoid of visible pigment, present a diagnostic quandary because they can masquerade as many other skin pathologies. Recognizing amelanotic melanoma is even more clinically challenging when it is first detected as ...

A 74-yr-oldmalecomplainedof painlessswellingin the right parotid area which started several months ago. There was no associated numbness in the area, and he denied facialweakness. Essentially, the masswas asymptomatic. His past medical history wasunremarkable andhehadnopriorsurgery. Hewasnotonany medications. He denied allergies. He had smoked tobacco, two packs a day for 55 yr and quit 6 yr pr...

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 ...