Mucoepidermoid carcinoma parotid gland

Case contributed by Saad Ahmed Saad Hassan
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Right parotid lump.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Female

There is a tubular enhancing mass, measuring 5 x 1 cm in its axial diameters, involving the inferior portion of the right parotid gland and extending along the course of the parotid duct.  

There is no cervical adenopathy.

 

Case Discussion

SPECIMEN: RIGHT PAROTIDECTOMY

Piece of salivary tissue weighing 13g measuring 50 x 30 x 15mm containing a 32mm tumor nodule.

HISTOLOGY:

Low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid. Approximately 70% of the tumor is intracystic and 30% infiltrative.

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