Open AccessSebaceous lymphadenoma requiring superficial parotidectomy
Author(s) -
Luona Sun,
Roger Zhu,
Jiankun Tong,
Larry Shemen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-224975
Subject(s) - medicine , parotidectomy , neck dissection , incisional biopsy , facial nerve , surgery , biopsy , dissection (medical) , parotid gland , lymph , radiology , pathology , carcinoma
An 82-year-old woman presented with a painless, progressively enlarging right neck mass of 2 years' duration. CT with contrast showed a 5.0 cm confluence of nodes just inferior to the right parotid gland. Fine-needle aspiration showed a lymphoproliferative disorder. Incisional biopsy showed sebaceous lymphadenoma. She subsequently underwent superficial right parotidectomy with neck dissection of level II-V (performed for enlarged lymph nodes causing significant pain). Facial nerve was preserved. She remained free of disease nearly 1 year postoperatively.