ABSTRACT
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a type of salivary gland cancer that can develop in the context of a parotid gland cyst. This type of tumor is composed of mucous, epidermoid, and intercalated cells, and usually presents as a slow-growing and painless mass. A parotid gland cyst is a condition in which a fluid-filled sac forms in the parotid gland. The tumor can be masked as it develops within the parotid cyst. A 45-year-old female patient presented with a suspect of benign neoplasm of the major salivary gland. She underwent partial right parotidectomy, which upon pathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of mucoepidermoid microcarcinoma associated with parotid gland cysts. The patient did well and continues under regular follow-up with no further treatment.
ABSTRACT
Se muestra a través de un estudio descriptivo con carácter retrospectivo un caso inusual de Adenoma Pleomorfo en Glándulas Salivares Mayores, operado en el Hospital Parirenyatwa de Zimbabwe en diciembre del 2005.
To show an unusual case of Pleomorphic Adenoma in Major Salivary Gland operated in the Parirenyatwa Hospital in December 2005. Patient: It was a 74 year-old case, black man with history of two masses in different side in his neck, from 5 years ago, the size of the tumour of the right side was 19 x 11cm and the left side was 10 x 11cm. The patient doesn’t refer anymore symptoms. The ENT Examination was negative, except for the neck, which was just referred above. The diagnosis was made by biopsy. The histopathology report was MIXED TUMOUR OF the left Parotid and right submandibular glands. The Pleomorphic Adenoma is the most frequent tumour of the salivary glands, but it is not common to find it with these dimensions without transformation into malignancy. This case was a challenge for me as head and neck surgeon, so I decided to present it.