A RARE TUMOR OF THE PAROTID GLAND: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

We report a rare case of parotid oncocytoma in 63-year-old woman. It is benign tumor accounting for less than 1.5% all salivary gland tumors. known as the mitochondrioma because it made cells rich mitochondria with granular cytoplasm. entity poorly documented literature, and there are no pathognomonicsymptoms or imaging, which makes diagnosis this challenging.Surgery main treatment, confirmed by histological study specimen. Through observation, light we will underline anatomoclinical radiological peculiarities tumor, to induce clinicians consider type.