title: A recurrent sialolipoma of the parotid gland: A case report.
abstract: Sialolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm and was recently described as a histological variant of intraoral lipoma. In the current report, the case of a of a 65-year-old female with a slow-growing mass in the right parotid gland with recurrence is presented. The initial clinical diagnosis was a benign salivary gland tumor. The tumor was situated between the right parotid gland and the right masseter muscle; therefore, a superficial parotidectomy was performed. Histopathology revealed that the tumor was a sialolipoma of the parotid gland. During the three-month follow-up, a recurrent right parotid tumor was identified in the deep lobe space of the right parotid gland and a deep lobe parotidectomy was performed. The present case demonstrates that although surgical excision is generally sufficient to treat parotid gland sialolipoma, postoperative follow-up is required as multifocal lesions may potentially remain, which could result in recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei 10629, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Po-Han
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan, R.O.C. ; Department of Otolaryngology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Jiann-Jy
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan, R.O.C. ; Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Yung-An
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Tsou
keywords: parotid gland; parotidectomy; recurrent sialolipoma