title: Congenital aplasia of the parotid gland with omolateral cheek angioma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Congenital agenesis of the parotid gland is a rare entity whose etiopathogenesis is still unclear. It is usually bilateral and is sometimes associated with other developmental anomalies of the head and neck region. A case is presented in which aplasia of the right parotid gland was associated with an omolateral angioma of the cheek. The radiological diagnostic approach and a review of the literature on agenesis of the salivary glands are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University Campus Bio-Medico, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salvinelli
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marte
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Ascanio
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lamanna
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Firrisi
authors.forename: Rosario Felice
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melone
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trivelli
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology