introduction: mucoepidermoid carcinoma represents one of the most common malignant salivary gland tumors.however, the sclerosing morphologic variant is extremely rare with only 23 reported cases in the english-language literature since it was discovered in 1987. case report: herein, we describe another case that was diagnosed in a 25-year-old woman presenting with a posterior auricular mass, as...

A 17 years female presented with painless progressive swelling of both the parotid regions for last two years. The swelling started first on the left side and within next three months, also appeared on the right side. She also had few episodes of self-limited epistaxis of brief duration during that period. For last few weeks, patient also noticed difficulty in fully opening the mouth and closin...

an interesting case of rare multiple hydatid of parotid, brain and kidney is reported. she is a 35-year-old married woman first referred because of a swelling in the parotid region and later for neurological manifestions. on general physical examination, an abdominal mass was felt in the right hypochondrium. these multiple space-occupying 'lesions in the brain, kidney and parotid proved to be h...

A parotid fistula is a communication between the skin and a parotid duct or gland through which saliva is discharged. The most common cause of the parotid fistula is trauma. The major causes of parotid trauma in a civilian practice are penetrating injury to the parotid gland from an assault weapon or injury due to shattered glass after a motor vehicle accident. Acute suppurative parotitis can r...