Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Medicine
Abstract
A 38-year-old woman is described who presented with a slowly growing mass on the posterior aspect of the left ear. Excision and histopathologic evaluation revealed a pleomorphic adenoma (PA) originating from heterotopic salivary gland tissue. Many authors have presented cases of PAs originating from ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal or of so-called chondroid syringoma originating from apocrine and eccrine sweat glands. This is the only case in the recent literature of a PA originating from a heterotopic rest of salivary gland tissue in the retroauricular region. The 3 main sources of PAs, their embryologic derivation, and treatment are described.
Digital Commons Citation
Grome, Luke BS; Bacaj, Patrick MD; and Borah, Gregory MD, DMD, "Retroauricular Pleomorphic Adenoma Arising from Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue" (2016). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1900.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1900
Source Citation
Grome, L., Bacaj, P., & Borah, G. (2016). Retroauricular Pleomorphic Adenoma Arising from Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, 4(9), e1028. https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000001028
Comments
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