PURPOSE The purpose was to test whether patient's primary malignancy type and presence of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid cervical lymph node(s) are predictors of pathologic outcome of incidental focal FDG-avid parotid lesions. BASIC PROCEDURES A retrospective cohort study of pathologically proven incidental cases was performed. MAIN FINDINGS Focal parotid FDG uptake in the setting of he...

The objective of this nationwide study was to assess the association between cellular phone use and development of parotid gland tumors (PGTs). The methods were based on the international INTERPHONE study that aimed to evaluate possible adverse effects of cellular phone use. The study included 402 benign and 58 malignant incident cases of PGTs diagnosed in Israel at age 18 years or more, in 200...

Oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland is a rare neoplasm. To date 70 cases have been described in 55 reports. To the best of our knowledge the simultaneous occurrence of oncocytic carcinoma and second malignancy in another site (outside the parotid gland) has not been reported. An oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland is described in 56-year-old male with simultaneous breast cancer, empha...

A patient presented 3 1/2 years after resection of a malignant parotid tumor with a new cerebellopontine angle mass. The presence of multiple punctate calcifications and loss of T2 signal were helpful in correctly identifying the lesion as mucinous adenocarcinoma.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Robot-assisted neck dissection (ND) in head and neck cancer patients has been demonstrated to be feasible. We hypothesized that surgery for parotid cancer could be achieved via a gasless modified facelift approach using the robotic system. We intended to evaluate the feasibility of robot-assisted selective ND (SND) via a modified facelift (MFL) approach in parotid gland ca...

Introduction: Salivary gland cancer is an uncommon malignancy in the head and neck. The most common histopathologic type salivary malignancies mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC). Radiotherapy has a role malignancy, especially inoperable cases postoperative settings. Definitive or radiotherapy with without chemotherapy can improve locoregional control (LRC) patients parotid carcinoma. Case Presentat...

BACKGROUND Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is a rare, poorly characterized, intranasal cancer arising from olfactory neuroepithelium. METHODS This case report reviews the underlying pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of primary ENB and parotid metastases. RESULTS We present the case of a 43-year-old man who was referred to our practice with radiographically and biopsy confirm...

1. Sher T, Dy GK, Adjei AA. Small cell lung cancer. Mayo Clin Proc 2008;83:355‐67. 2. Takatsugi K, Komuta K, Hosen N, Kitada S, Iida S, Nishihara K, et al. Metastasis of small cell lung cancer to the parotid gland as the initial clinical manifestation, followed by metastases to the pituitary gland and lumber spinal cord. Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 1998;36:246‐50. 3. Ulubas B, Ozcan C, Polat A....

Parotid gland metastasis of lung cancer is extremely rare, especially as the only metastatic site of lung adenocarcinoma, no case has been reported. We sum up the experiences of missed-diagnosis through analyzing the diagnosis and management process of a 66-year-old Chinese male patient retrospectively who presented with parotid gland metastases of lung adenocarcinoma and reviewed related liter...

Parotid lymph node (LN) metastasis occurs most commonly from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) of the head and neck, but rarely from oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Here, we present a rare case of metastasis to the parotid LN in a patient with tongue cancer. Although usual extent of modified radical neck dissection that includes resection of the tail of the parotid gland is below th...