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OBSERVATION: A 29 year-old-woman presented with a massive painless slow-growing tumor of the right cheek, with a benign aspect on clinical examination. The CT scan with injection, showed a solid-cystic mass, well defined, and partially enhanced. The mass was easily removed with a complete endobuccal excision. The histological examination and immunohistochemical study revealed a paraganglioma. There was no postoperative complication. No recurrence was noted after six months of follow-up. DISCUSSION: The paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor and its location in the cheek has never been reported.
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Cheek/pathology , Facial Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adult , Chromogranins/analysis , Contrast Media , Facial Neoplasms/pathology , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Paraganglioma/diagnosis , Paraganglioma/pathology , Phosphopyruvate Hydratase/analysis , S100 Proteins/analysis , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Isolated-eyelid tuberculosis is exceptional. Its clinical polymorphism explains the delayed diagnosis. OBSERVATION: A 36-year-old male nurse, with no specific history, presented with a lower-eyelid nodule. The treatment was not effective and the lesion-exeresis biopsy proved the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Follow-up did not reveal any other tuberculosis focus and the patient's evolution was good under antibacilli treatment. DISCUSSION: Eyelid tuberculosis is exceptional. Unlike in our case, it is usually secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis. The eyelid contamination may be hematogenic or secondary to trauma.
