Pleomorphic adenoma of deep lobe of parotid: A rare pediatric tumor

• Main Authors: Sandesh V. Parelkar, Rujuta Shah, Natasha L. Vageriya, Beejal V. Sanghvi, Bhupesh Paradkar, Satej Mhaskar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
• Series: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
• Subjects: Pleomorphic adenoma; Deep lobe; Parotid tumors
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221357661530066X

Salivary gland neoplasms are extremely rare in children and comprise less than 1% of all pediatric neoplasms. Benign neoplasms account for 60% of these salivary tumors in children. They are most commonly vascular in origin with parotid glands being affected commonly. Pleomorphic adenoma is common in adults; it is extremely rare in pediatric age group. We report a 9 year old girl with a parotid region swelling; suspected to be a pleomorphic adenoma of the superficial lobe of parotid. However, it was arising from the deep lobe & hence was managed with an enucleation of the tumor with no evidence of recurrence after 3 years of follow up.