Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common malignant salivary gland tumor accounting for 10–15% of all salivary gland neoplasms and 30% of all salivary malignancies followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC). A parotid cyst is a well-documented clinical entity. Here we report a case of low-grade Mucoepidermoid carcinoma as an occult neoplasm; a rare presentation of a parotid cyst in a 35-year-old female patient who presented with a well-defined small cystic swelling of the right parotid gland; cytologically consistent with a simple parotid gland cyst. The purpose of this article is to create awareness about the existence of an occult neoplasm (low-grade Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in this case) in a small simple parotid cyst in a young female an unusual presentation and management of parotid cyst. In the present case report, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma caused a significant obstruction of the parotid duct thereby giving rise to a simple retention cyst of the parotid. Treatment of a simple parotid cyst should be facial nerve-preserving superficial parotidectomy with meticulous, histology and careful follow-up.
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Anuja Santosh
Kulkarni
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India.
Prabodh Karnik
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India.
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