title: Intraparotid haemangioma in an adult: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Capillary haemangiomas are among the common benign tumours of the parotid during infancy and childhood. Cavernous haemangiomas are rare lesions in the adult parotid. A cavernous haemangioma of the parotid is described in a 63-year-old woman. The literature is reviewed and the adult and childhood haemangiomas of the parotid are compared.
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*