Korean J Head Neck Oncol.  2022 May;38(1):37-41. 10.21593/kjhno/2022.38.1.37.

A Case of Carcinoma with Sebaceous Differentiation arising in the Patient who was Treated with Parotid Gland Adenocarcinoma

• Park S
• Yun JH
• Go YJ
• Jung SY

• KMID: 2530564
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21593/kjhno/2022.38.1.37

Abstract

Sebaceous carcinoma is extremely rare in the parotid gland. Recently, we experienced a case of carcinoma with sebaceous differentiation arising from the parotid gland in patient who was diagnosed as parotid adenoma carcinoma and underwent total parotidectomy.
A 73-year-old male visited our department for the evaluation of 3-month history of infra-auricular mass combined with pain. Radiologic finding showed lobulated enhancing and solid mass with calcification in the right parotid gland. Initially, total parotidectomy with supraomohyoid neck dissection was performed. Pathological findings showed capsulated whitish mass with hemorrhage and cystic degeneration. Immunohistochemically, CK7, CK5/6, p63 were positive and CEA was negative. The intra-operative frozen section diagnosis was mucoepidermoid carcinoma. The permanent diagnosis was changed to adenocarcinoma, NOS(not otherwise specified). Fourteen months later, the newly developed mass was noticed on the operation bed. The mass was clinically diagnosed as recurred adenocarcinoma. Revision parotidectomy was performed and pathological findings revealed that the tumor was newly developed sebaceous carcinoma. We report a case of carcinoma with sebaceous differentiation in parotid gland with a review of literature.

Keyword

Sebaceous carcinoma; Adenocarcinoma; Parotid gland