seen in Columbia University’s Salivary Gland Center (SGC), patients with bilateral parotid swellings are not an unusual occurrence. Because these swellings are not localized to 1 gland, it must be assumed that systemic factors are usually in play. Numerous causes for bilateral parotid swellings have been identified (Table I). Consequently, the attainment of a definitive diagnosis requires a fam...

Although lipoma is commonly found in soft tissues, the parotid gland lipoma is among the rarest benign primaiy tumors of the major salivary glands. The unilateral swelling of the parotid gland is not an uncommon clinical problem, however, lipoma as a cause of parotid gland enlargement seldom comes in mind as differential diagnosis. We have discussed the clinic pathological features of parotid g...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Due to increasing use of X-rays in diagnosis and treatment of diseases, this study aimed to measure and compares the absorbed dose in a number of sensitive organs of head and neck in different radiographic techniques.METHODS: Thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD) and a male equivalent RANDO phantom were used to measure the absorbed dose in organs. The dosimeters were set in cer...

BACKGROUND To correlate the imaging and pathological features and to discuss therapeutic modalities and the prognosis of malignant lymphoma originating in the parotid gland, which is relatively rare. METHODS The subjects were five patients with malignant lymphoma originating in the parotid gland. Three and two patients were stage I and stage II, respectively. CT examination was applied to all...

Introduction: Sialolipoma is an extremely rare salivary gland tumor characterized by a well circumscribed mass composed of glandular tissue and mature adipose elements. Herein our aim was to present the fifth case of congenital sialolipoma, which was firstly followed up as a parotid gland hemangioma, and underline the fact that sialolipomas should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis o...

OBJECTIVES We would like to present our experience in management of lipomas arising in the deep lobe of the parotid gland, which were diagnosed and operated in our clinic from the point of complication/morbidity, and recurrence, in line with the literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS Five patients with lipoma found in the deep lobe of the parotid gland, diagnosed and treated at our clinic in the 12...

Sialolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm and was recently described as a histological variant of intraoral lipoma. In the current report, the case of a of a 65-year-old female with a slow-growing mass in the right parotid gland with recurrence is presented. The initial clinical diagnosis was a benign salivary gland tumor. The tumor was situated between the right parotid gland and the right massete...

AIM The aim of the study is the analyses of parotid glands neoplasms on 105 patients who underwent surgery at the Otolaryngology Clinical Ward of 4(th) Military Clinical Hospital with the Policlinic in Wrocław in the years 1992-2010. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the group of patients with parotid glands tumor there were 52 women and 53 men. The following data: age, sex, time between appearing firs...

BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has received more and more attention as an outcome in cancer therapy. In this exploratory study, we assessed the long-term HRQOL among 77 surgically treated patients with parotid gland cancer. METHODS The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30-questions (EORTC-QLQ-C30) and European Orga...

TOPIC: Lung Cancer TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: cancer is a common cause of cancer-related death, representing fourth all mortality1. However, initial presentation with parotid gland involvement unusual, particularly tissue diagnosis pulmonary adenocarcinoma2. Review the literature shows small cell lung to be slightly more primary than adenocarcinoma2-4. This case h...