Clear cell sarcoma of the pre-parotid region: an initial case report.
An unusual case of clear cell sarcoma (CCS) found in the parotid region of a 75-year-old man with a long history of chronic lymphoid leukemia is reported. Treatment of the patient included a total parotidectomy with preservation of the facial nerve. The tumor was pathologically consistent with a clear cell sarcoma. Since CCS originates from the neural crest and is melanin producing, we suggest that this particular tumor originated from the superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS). To our knowledge, this is the first case of CCS that has been reported in the parotid region.
Poignonec
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S
Department of Head and Neck and Plastic Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.
Lamas
G
G
Homsi
T
T
Auriol
M
M
De Saint Maur
P P
PP
Castro
D J
DJ
Aidan
P
P
Le Charpentier
Y
Y
Szalay
M
M
Soudant
J
J
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018227:Sarcoma, Clear Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed