title: [Multiple primary pleomorphic adenomas of the unilateral parotid gland].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Classical lateral parotidectomy is the standard surgical procedure for the management of lateral lobe parotid pleomorphic adenomas in most clinical centres. Extracapsular dissection and subtotal lateral parotidectomy are alternatively discussed in current literature and preferred by many authors.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a 20-year-old patient with multiple primary pleomorphic adenomas in the unilateral parotid gland, which preoperatively presented as a solitary tumour node.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering this case we focus on the distinctive surgical procedures for the management of parotid pleomorphic adenomas. We work out, why lateral or even total parotidectomy are justified in the treatment of solitary palpable tumours and why we account lateral parotidectomy as the standard surgical procedure for the management of lateral lobe parotid pleomorphic adenomas.
authors.affiliation: Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik der Universität zu Köln. victor.helmstaedter@uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Helmstaedter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beutner
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Drebber
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Huttenbrink
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Streppel
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004210:Dissection; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery