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Congenital pleomorphic adenoma of the nasopharynx

Report of a case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Gady Har-El*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Howard Y. Zirkin
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology and Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, and Faculty of Health Science, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Ferit Tovi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, and Faculty of Health Science, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Jack Sidi
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
*
Dr. G. Har-El., Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva 49 100. Israel.

Abstract

A case of congenital salivary gland tumour occurring in the nasopharynx is reported. Congenital neoplasms of the head and neck (of any histological type) and congenital tumours of the nasopharynx are discussed and the literature is reviewed.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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