Lymphoma presenting as parotid xanthogranulomatous sialadenitis.

Abstract

We present a case of disseminated high-grade, T-cell-rich B-cell lymphoma in a 72-year-old white woman that presented as unilateral parotid swelling, and was initially diagnosed as xanthogranulomatous sialadenitis.

• Authors: M D Esson, E Bird, G H Irvine
• Journal: The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery (Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg) Vol. 36 Issue 6 Pg. 465-7 (Dec 1998) ISSN: 0266-4356 [Print] Scotland
• PMID: 9881792 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Granuloma (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Lymphoma, B-Cell (diagnosis)
• Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin (diagnosis)
• Lymphoma, T-Cell (diagnosis)
• Parotid Diseases (diagnosis)
• Parotid Neoplasms (diagnosis)
• Sialadenitis (diagnosis)
• Xanthomatosis (diagnosis)