title: Subcutaneous pleomorphic adenomas in two different areas of the face.
abstract: A 41-year-old woman developed two subcutaneous pleomorphic adenomas on her face. Pleomorphic adenoma usually arises as a benign tumour of a major salivary gland and often develops multifocally within the gland. These two pleomorphic adenomas originated in the subcutaneous layer of the face, also multifocally. They were excised, she made a good recovery, and she had no signs of recurrence a year later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. marit@jikei.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsukuno
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Shigeharu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurihara
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue