title: Prostatic carcinoma presenting with painless parotid mass.
abstract: Metastasis of prostate cancer to the parotid gland is exceedingly rare, with only 4 cases reported in the literature. We present the case of an 83-year-old white man who had a painless parotid mass that was diagnosed as metastatic prostate cancer. Immunohistochemical staining with prostate-specific antigen was positive. This is the first case of prostate cancer presenting with a painless parotid mass. Prostate cancer can be metastatic to the head and neck region, and this should be kept in mind when treating patients with this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kirkali
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koyuncuoğlu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pabuçcuoğlu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Güneri
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mungan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen