title: Sarcoidosis presenting as a solitary parotid mass.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Clinical Campus, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA.
authors.forename: James T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: E Douglas
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geyer
authors.forename: Philip F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Caushaj
mesh_terms: 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