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Solitary fibrous tumour of the parotid gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

K. Mohammed
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
G. Harbourne
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
M. Walsh
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
D. Royston
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland

Abstract

Solitary fibrous tumours are rare tumours originally described in the pleura. More recently there have been reports of these tumours arising at other sites including the parotid region. They are characterized histologically by a variety of growth patterns that can be confused by the unwary with other benign or malignant tumours particularly sarcomas. We present a case occurring in the pre-auricular region which presented diagnostic difficulties.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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