Carcinoma of the prostate presenting as a painful parotid mass with mandibular invasion: a case report.
Prostate cancer metastatic to the parotid gland is exceedingly rare, as only 10 cases have been previously reported in the literature. Symptoms may mimic a parotid infection or suggest a primary parotid tumor. We report a new case of carcinoma of the prostate metastatic to the parotid. The tumor was painful and had invaded the mandible. Fine-needle aspiration of the mass and immunohistochemical staining for prostate-specific antigen confirmed the diagnosis. The patient died 1 month later of an unrelated cause.
Head
Christian S
CS
Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Hematpour
Khashayar
K
Sercarz
Joel
J
Luu
Quang
Q
Bennett
Carol J
CJ
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*