Metastatic involvement of parotid from carcinoma of the breast--a case report.
BACKGROUND
Involvement of parotid gland by metastases from distant primary malignant tumors is rare.


METHODS
A 42-year-old female having right breast cancer had reported to the Department of Oral Diagnosis and Medicine with a chief complaint of a swelling in the left parotid gland region for 2 months. On the basis of clinical findings, the primary malignancy of parotid gland was provisionally suspected.


CONCLUSIONS
Microscopic examination of parotid and breast revealed that parotid gland was involved as a distant metastases from a breast carcinoma, indicating that a swelling in the parotid needs to be assessed and investigated very carefully.
Dangore-Khasbage
Suwarna B
SB
Sharad Pawar Dental College & Hospital, Wardha, Maharashtra, India. dangore_suwarna@rediffmail.com
Degwekar
Shirish S
SS
Bhowate
Rahul R
RR
Bhake
Arvind
A
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D037981:Neck Dissection; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*