Sarcoidosis presenting as a solitary parotid mass.
We describe an unusual case of sarcoidosis in which the patient presented with a discrete solitary parotid mass and no other manifestation of the disease. The diagnosis was based on the unexpected pathologic findings during examination of a superficial parotidectomy specimen. To the best of our knowledge, no such presentation has been previously reported in the English-language literature.
McCormick
James T
JT
Department of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Clinical Campus, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA.
Newton
E Douglas
ED
Geyer
Stanley
S
Caushaj
Philip F
PF
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome