title: [Lipomatous pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid].
abstract: Lipomatous tumors rarely occur in the salivary glands. We report an unusual case of lipomatous pleomorphic adenoma in a 47-year-old man. The patient had no significant medical history and presented with a well circumscribed nodule measuring 3 cm in the right parotid. Histologically, the tumour was predominantly composed of sheets of mature fat cells. Rare myoepithelial cells and exceptional tubules were intermingled with the mature adipose tissue. One year after surgery the patient was alive without recurrence. In conclusion, it is a rare neoplasm who needs to be recognized and discussed with true fatty tumors and lipomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, pôle Huriez, CHRU, 59045 Lille, France. x-leroy@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wacrenier
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Augusto
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leteurtre
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desaulty
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gosselin
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery