Oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland with facial nerve invasion.
Approximately 3% of all head and neck neoplasms originate in the parotid gland and less than 1% are oncocytic. We present the rare case of a 44-year-old man with oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland with facial nerve invasion and discuss the characteristics of this rare entity.
Department of ENT, Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Australia. travis.leahy@gmail.com
Travis
T
Leahy
Chady
C
Sader
D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016067:Nerve Transfer; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed