The rapid growth of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland in the third trimester of pregnancy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>We report a case highlighting the multidisciplinary management of a giant pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland that showed rapid growth in the third trimester of pregnancy.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p&g...
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doaj-6cf09d7de6ac4db3bd9c0dda318dfb8b2020-11-24T20:48:13ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472011-04-015114110.1186/1752-1947-5-141The rapid growth of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland in the third trimester of pregnancyUpile TahwinderVolz JoachimLehmann MartinPalluch FrederikeSudhoff Holger<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>We report a case highlighting the multidisciplinary management of a giant pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland that showed rapid growth in the third trimester of pregnancy.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 43-year-old Caucasian woman presented in her 32nd week of gestation with a tumor of the parotid gland. Ultrasonography of her neck showed a parotid lesion of 40 × 30 × 27.5 mm. A follow-up magnetic resonance imaging scan of the neck four weeks later revealed that the tumor had grown to 70 × 60 × 60 mm, reaching the parapharyngeal space with marked obstruction of the oropharynx of about 50%. After discussing the case with our multidisciplinary tumor board and the gynecologists it was decided to deliver the baby by caesarean section in the 38th week of gestation, and then to perform a surgical resection of the tumor.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Indications for early surgical intervention of similar cases should be discussed on an individual patient basis in a multidisciplinary setting.</p> http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/141 |
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The rapid growth of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland in the third trimester of pregnancy |
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The rapid growth of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland in the third trimester of pregnancy |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>We report a case highlighting the multidisciplinary management of a giant pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland that showed rapid growth in the third trimester of pregnancy.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 43-year-old Caucasian woman presented in her 32nd week of gestation with a tumor of the parotid gland. Ultrasonography of her neck showed a parotid lesion of 40 × 30 × 27.5 mm. A follow-up magnetic resonance imaging scan of the neck four weeks later revealed that the tumor had grown to 70 × 60 × 60 mm, reaching the parapharyngeal space with marked obstruction of the oropharynx of about 50%. After discussing the case with our multidisciplinary tumor board and the gynecologists it was decided to deliver the baby by caesarean section in the 38th week of gestation, and then to perform a surgical resection of the tumor.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Indications for early surgical intervention of similar cases should be discussed on an individual patient basis in a multidisciplinary setting.</p> |
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