Surgical treatment of an extraparotid pleomorphic adenoma of minor salivary glands of the cheek

J Craniofac Surg. 2009 Sep;20(5):1604-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181b14703.

Abstract

Only few cases of extraparotid localizations of pleomorphic adenoma (PA) were reported in literature: at the lips, tonsils of the tongue, the occipital area and of the nasal septum, retropharyngeal area, temporal bone, and the thyroglossal and pituitary ducts.The finding of a PA in the minor salivary glands of the cheek was described only in 2 cases during the last 24 years and represented an exceptional finding.The aim of this article was to illustrate a case of extraparotid PA developing at the salivary glands of cheek, a short distance from Stensen duct, and to report surgical strategy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Pleomorphic / surgery*
  • Cheek / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Masseter Muscle / pathology
  • Salivary Ducts / pathology
  • Salivary Gland Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Salivary Glands, Minor / surgery*
  • Young Adult