Medknow Publications on behalf of Association of Surgeons of India
Abstract
A 56-year-old female patient, with a relatively rare condition,
intraglandular lipoma of the parotid is reported. Lipoma of the parotid
gland constitute around 3% of all parotid tumors and include tumors
which are outside the parotid capsule - peri parotid, tumors surrounded
all around by the parotid gland -intraglandular, lipomatous pleomorphic
adenoma, lipoadenoma and nontumorous interstitial lipomatosis and
liposarcoma. These are asymptomatic and occur both in the deep and the
superficial lobe of the parotid. The most favored age group is from the
fifth to sixth decade of life and is ten times more common in the
males. Surgical excision, preserving facial nerve is the treatment of
choice