ANAMNESIS / SYMPTOMS:
A 17 year old patient reports about a swelling in the area of the left parotid gland that occurred 5 months ago and showed a low growth rate.


FINDINGS
:
In the anterior pole of the parenchyma of the parotid gland a 25 x 14 x 30 mm sized, clearly definable hypoechoic tumour with distal signal enhancement is visualized that borders on the ramus of the mandible and the masseter muscle. On the colour-encoded Doppler´s sonogramm the strucure shows little perfusion, only in some areas the border of the tumour shows a stronger blood flow.


DIAGNOSIS:
The patient suffers from a pleomorphic adenoma of the left parotid gland.



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