title: [The case of giant pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland with the malignancy features].
abstract: The aim of the study was showed the case of patient aged 41 years, treated in the Otolaryngology Department of Military Medical Academy because of giant pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland with the malignancy features. After performed of the BAC of tumour, the CT of neck and the scintigraphy of salivary glands the patient qualified for operation. The tumour resected with capsule and the superficial lobe of the left parotid gland, conservating of function of the facial nerve. The histopathologic examination proved the mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the pleomorphic adenoma didn't infiltrate of capsule. After oncologic consultation the patient had not of complementary radiotherapy, because the operation was radical and the carcinoma had a low radiosensitivity. The above mentioned case confirms of the reports, that the pleomorphic adenoma can undergo of malignancy changes, however the gigantic tumour doesn't write off possibility of operating success.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologiczna Instytutu Chirurgii WAM w Lodzi.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olszewski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zalewski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zieliński
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sygut
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jochymski
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed