title: Parotid gland leiomyosarcoma in a child: an extremely unusual neoplasm.
abstract: We report the case of an 8-year-old boy with a parotid mass diagnosed to be a leiomyosarcoma. Considering the unresectable extent of the mass, the patient was subjected to radiotherapy. The patient developed distant metastasis following the course of radiotherapy and was put on chemotherapy. The child was lost to further follow up. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in the English-language literature of such an entity in the pediatric age group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, Maulana Azad Medical College And Lok Nayak Hospital, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi, India. dr_sethi@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Ashwani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mrig
authors.forename: Deepika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy