abstract: Tumors of the parotid gland can be benign or malignant lesions. The pathophysiology of rare tumors of the parotid gland is often not sufficiently explored. In this paper two rare histological entities are described.In one patient a benign sebaceous lymphadenoma was histologically diagnosed. This type of tumor accounts for only 0.1% of all adenomas. The international literature is not conclusive about whether the tumor originates in the parotid gland itself or in the parotid lymph nodes.The second patient presented with a metastasis from a glioblastoma in the parotid gland. Again, the mechanism for metastasis of an intracerebral tumor to the parotid gland remains unknown. Iatrogenic seeding during a neurosurgical intervention is a probable explanation. The actual clinical course of this patient and the cases described in literature render surgical removal of such a metastasis questionable.
authors.affiliation: Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kühn
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.affiliation: Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, . jecker@hno.klinik.uni-mainz.de.|Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55101 Mainz, . jecker@hno.klinik.uni-mainz.de.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jecker
keywords: Glioblastoma; Metastasis to the parotid gland; Sebaceous lymphadenoma; Tumor of the parotid gland