1Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jami Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
2Senior Research Fellow, Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad-580 009, Karnataka, India
4Professor, Department of Physiology, Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
5Senior Resident, CTVS, PGIMER Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
Online published on 23 November, 2015.
Neoplasms of accessory parotid gland are extremely uncommon. We report a case of a 45-year-old male who presented with a painless, slowly progressive swelling on the mid-cheek of the left side of face for the duration of four months. High resolution musculoskeletal ultrasonography of left cheek revealed a well-defined, lobulated hypoechoic solid nodule. Fine needle aspiration cytology was performed which was suggestive of benign lesion of salivary gland. The histopathological diagnosis was pleomorphic adenoma. Accessory gland tumours are rare and should be included in the differential diagnosis of neoplasm in the midcheek. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for the accessory parotid gland tumour.
Pleomorphic adenoma, Accesory parotid gland, Mid-cheek swelling, Benign parotid tumor, Accessory salivary tumor
