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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2024

A presentation of basal cell adenoma: a case report.

Deviprasad Dosemane, Meera Niranjan Khadilkar, Nithya Chandy, Shikha Jayasheelan

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Deviprasad DosemaneDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6282-0029
Meera Niranjan KhadilkarDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India. meera.khadilkar@manipal.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-8913
Nithya ChandyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
Shikha JayasheelanDepartment of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.

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Abstract

backgroundWhile statistically rare in comparison to other head and neck tumours, parotid gland swellings are often encountered in clinical practice where one of the primary goals of examination becomes distinction between benign and malignant lesions. Hallmarks of malignancy are characterized by a female preponderance, history of radiation exposure, a positive family history, and clinical features like heterogenous consistency, fixity to skin/underlying tissues and involvement of facial nerve. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we present a case of parotid swelling in a 72-year old gentleman from south India that had a curious amalgamation of both benign and malignant features.

conclusionsWhile benign, the risk of malignant transformation and rare multicentric occurrence indicates a need to keep basal cell adenoma in mind in case of parotid swellings and their surgical management.

Indexed as

AdenomaParotid NeoplasmsAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleParotid GlandSkin NeoplasmsAdenomaBasal cell adenomaParotid glandParotid neoplasmsSalivary gland neoplasms

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PMCPMC11452998

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