[Calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe masquerading as a parotid-tumour (author's transl)]

3 cases of epithelioma calcificans Malherbe are being reported on, which were observed on children in the parotid area. The scarcity of such lesions in the regio parotidea is stressed, conclusions concerning differential diagnosis are following. The sometimes high concentration of mitoses is discussed under consideration of eventual diagnostic problems regarding cytological investigation.