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Rare disease
Oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland with facial nerve invasion
  1. Travis Leahy,
  2. Chady Sader
  1. Department of ENT, Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Travis William Leahy, travis.leahy{at}gmail.com

Summary

Approximately 3% of all head and neck neoplasms originate in the parotid gland and less than 1% are oncocytic. We present the rare case of a 44-year-old man with oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland with facial nerve invasion and discuss the characteristics of this rare entity.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3818

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    • Patient consent Obtained.