title: Congenital Unilateral Agenesis of the Parotid Gland: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Congenital unilateral agenesis of the parotid gland is a rare condition with only few cases reported in the literature. A review of 21 cases in the available literature is presented in this article. We report on a further case of a 34-year-old woman with agenesis of the left parotid gland and lipoma of the right cheek. Clinicopathological characteristics of described cases in the literature were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Philipp University, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teymoortash
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Philipp University, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9361-6503
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoch