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Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in the parotid gland
Farbod Darvishian1, Samit Hirawat, Saul Teichberg
1Department of Pathology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science
|May 23, 2002
Abstract:
Langerhans' cell histiocytosis presenting as a parotid gland mass is extremely rare. We report a case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in the parotid gland that occurred in a 34-year-old Korean male. The patient underwent parotidectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. There has been no evidence of local recurrence or disease progression during 20 months after the lesion was first diagnosed. Differentiation of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis from Kimura's disease was crucial in this clinical setting.