title: Surgical treatment of an extraparotid pleomorphic adenoma of minor salivary glands of the cheek.
abstract: Only few cases of extraparotid localizations of pleomorphic adenoma (PA) were reported in literature: at the lips, tonsils of the tongue, the occipital area and of the nasal septum, retropharyngeal area, temporal bone, and the thyroglossal and pituitary ducts.The finding of a PA in the minor salivary glands of the cheek was described only in 2 cases during the last 24 years and represented an exceptional finding.The aim of this article was to illustrate a case of extraparotid PA developing at the salivary glands of cheek, a short distance from Stensen duct, and to report surgical strategy.
authors.affiliation: Sant'Andrea Hospital II, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, La Sapienza University of Rome, Via Costabella No. 21, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becelli
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Quarato
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matarazzo
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renzi
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morello
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000601:surgery*; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000473:pathology; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult