title: Parotid haemangioma. A case report.
abstract: The presentation of a rare cavernous haemangioma of the parotid in a 17-year-old male is the twenty-first case in the English literature, and the first report in a black adult patient. The aetiology of this lesion is unknown and differs from that of the infantile capillary type. The pathognomonic signs of fluctuating size, discoloration and bruit are rare; the diagnostic hallmark in this case was spontaneous tumour regression. Doppler studies and arteriography may be valuable in diagnosis and management, in which surgical excision is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mannell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*