Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension

Lipoblastomas arising within the parotid gland and extending into the infratemporal fossa are very rare. They are common in children <3 years of age. Access to the tumour requires careful planning and interpretation of imaging studies. Lipoblastomas tend to recur. Meticulous dissection of the tum...

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Autores principales: Anantharajan, Natarajan, Ravindranathan, Nagamuttu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publication 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20924458
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.63961
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author Anantharajan, Natarajan
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description Lipoblastomas arising within the parotid gland and extending into the infratemporal fossa are very rare. They are common in children <3 years of age. Access to the tumour requires careful planning and interpretation of imaging studies. Lipoblastomas tend to recur. Meticulous dissection of the tumour is needed to prevent recurrence. By adopting the appropriate approach, complete removal is possible with minimal morbidity.
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spelling pubmed-29386332010-10-05 Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension Anantharajan, Natarajan Ravindranathan, Nagamuttu Indian J Plast Surg Case Report Lipoblastomas arising within the parotid gland and extending into the infratemporal fossa are very rare. They are common in children <3 years of age. Access to the tumour requires careful planning and interpretation of imaging studies. Lipoblastomas tend to recur. Meticulous dissection of the tumour is needed to prevent recurrence. By adopting the appropriate approach, complete removal is possible with minimal morbidity. Medknow Publication 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2938633/ /pubmed/20924458 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.63961 Text en © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ravindranathan, Nagamuttu
Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension
title Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension
title_full Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension
title_fullStr Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension
title_full_unstemmed Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension
title_short Parotid lipoblastoma in a child: Rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension
title_sort parotid lipoblastoma in a child: rare presentation as huge infratemporal mass with cervical extension
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20924458
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.63961
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