title: Emergency parotidectomy for expansile cavernous hemangioma.
abstract: A rare case of emergency parotidectomy in a boy of 12, necessitated by a sudden, rapid and marked increase in size of a parotid hemangioma is describe. The literature dealing with parotid hemangiomas in adults is reviewed; the number of cases reported is small. The histological differences and the natural history of parotid hemangioma in adults and in infants are described. The therapeutic approach is discussed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*