Epitheloid Myxofibrosarcoma of the Parotid Gland
Author(s) -
Badrinarayan Srinivasan,
M. Ethunandan,
Kafeel Hussain,
V. Ilankovan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6781
pISSN - 2090-679X
DOI - 10.1155/2011/641621
Subject(s) - myxofibrosarcoma , medicine , parotid gland , presentation (obstetrics) , trunk , head and neck , pathology , salivary gland , radiology , soft tissue , surgery , ecology , biology
Myxofibrosarcoma has been recently described as a distinct histological entity and commonly affects the extremities and trunk of the elderly. It is, however, rare in the head and neck (2.8%) region, and we are unaware of any reports of it presenting as a parotid mass. The epitheloid variant accounts for less than 3% of myxofibrosarcomas. We report a case of a 78/F presenting with an epitheloid myxofibrosarcoma in the parotid gland. The clinical presentation was of a parotid lump of 9-month duration, and the diagnosis was made following thorough histological assessment. We present what we believe to be the first reported case of a (epitheloid) myxofibrosarcoma affecting the parotid gland and highlight its diagnostic features and outcome of treatment.
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