Vascular hamartoma of the parotid gland.
Hamartomas of the parotid gland are highly unusual. We present a case of a vascular hamartoma of the parotid gland arising as a 1.5 cm mass in a 5-year-old girl. As far as we are aware, no other case with the same features has been reported. We present this case to generate greater consideration of hamartomas as part of the differential diagnosis of parotid lesions, and to reflect over the criteria used to identify a hamartoma from other parotid lesions, as there appears to be some confusion in the literature.
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
Yasser
Y
Al Omran
Salmaniya Medical Center, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Sara Mathew
SM
George
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
Shahrzad
S
Zonoozi
Salmaniya Medical Center, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Mohammed-Kamal
MK
Al-Omran
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*