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Lipoma of the Superficial Lobe of the Parotid Gland: A Case Report

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Otolaryngology including ear, nose and throat diseases

Abstract

Objectives: Lipomas are common benign soft tissue tumors, but they are rarely found in the parotid gland. Because of their rarity at this site, they are not often considered in the differential diagnosis of parotid lumps. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is today's Goal Standard imaging for parotid lipomas. Preoperative diagnosis remains difficult, and surgical excision is challenging due to the facial nerve possible injury.
Case Report: We report a case of a 48-year-old man who presented with a painless, slowly growing, mobile lump of the left parotid gland. Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography (CT) suspected lipoma of the superficial lobe of the left parotid gland. An enucleation was performed with an uneventful postoperative course. The histology analysis confirmed the diagnosis of lipoma.
Conclusion: Although lipomas of the parotid rarely occur, they should be considered in the preoperative differential diagnosis. Management could be successfully achieved in low-income countries using the imaging tools available.

DOI

10.21608/ejentas.2024.239880.1680

Keywords

Cameroon, Enucleation, Lipoma, parotid gland, superficial lobe

Authors

First Name

Meva'a Biouélé

Last Name

Roger Christian

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Affiliation

ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Unit of the Yaounde Central Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon. Department of Ophthalmology, ENT and Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Email

roger_meva@yahoo.fr

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Orcid

0000-0003-2172-1547

First Name

Medefo Djomo Kuate

Last Name

Aude Irene

MiddleName

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Affiliation

ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Unit of the Yaounde Central Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon

Email

djomo.aude1@gmail.com

City

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Orcid

-

First Name

Mossus

Last Name

Yannick

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, ENT and Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Email

docmoyan@gmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Mindja Eko

Last Name

David

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of ENT-Ophthalmology-Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I -Cameroon

Email

dmindjaeko@yahoo.fr

City

Yaounde

Orcid

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First Name

Ngaba Mambo

Last Name

Olive Nicole

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Ophtalmology, ENT and Stomatology, Facukty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Email

ngabaolivenicole@yahoo.fr

City

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Orcid

-

First Name

Njock

Last Name

Richard

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, ENT and Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Email

rnjock@yahoo.fr

City

Yaounde

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Volume

25

Article Issue

25

Related Issue

46615

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2023-10-09

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

1

Page End

3

Print ISSN

2090-0740

Online ISSN

2090-3405

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EJENTAS_Volume 25_Issue 25_Pages 1-3.pdf

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https://ejentas.journals.ekb.eg/article_346467.html

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Case report

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473

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences

Publication Link

https://ejentas.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Lipoma of the Superficial Lobe of the Parotid Gland: A Case Report

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23 Dec 2024