Intraparotid haemangioma in an adult: case report and review of the literature.
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.
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*