Open AccessCanalicular adenoma: a case report of an unusual parotid lesion
Author(s) -
Colin Butler,
Kevin Kulendra,
G G Me,
Alwyn D’Souza
Publication year - 2009
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.10.2008.1072
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , biopsy , parotid gland , adenoma , pleomorphic adenoma , palsy , radiology , surgery , pathology , salivary gland , alternative medicine
The present report describes a case of an 85-year-old woman who underwent an excisional biopsy of a preauricular lesion centred over the zygoma and subsequently developed an immediate iatrogenic facial palsy. Histopathological diagnosis revealed a canalicular adenoma of the parotid gland.