Erschienen in:
19.03.2019 | Sine qua non Radiology-Pathology
Lipoma of the Parotid Gland
verfasst von:
Kimberly N. Tong, Sharon Seltzer, James T. Castle
Erschienen in:
Head and Neck Pathology
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Ausgabe 1/2020
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Excerpt
A 46 year-old woman was referred to Otolaryngology for evaluation of a right-sided cheek swelling found at a routine physical. The patient was asymptomatic and without systemic disease. On clinical examination, she was noted to have a soft, 3 cm mobile mass arising from the region of the right parotid gland. Her facial nerve was fully intact and she had normal salivary flow through Stenson’s duct. Utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for further evaluation revealed a lesion with characteristics most consistent with a non-aggressive adipocytic tumor such as a lipoma. A right superficial parotidectomy was performed resulting in successful removal of the neoplasm without complication. …