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We report a rare case of a parotid oncocytoma in a 63-year-old woman. It is a rare benign tumoraccounting for less than1.5% of all salivary gland tumors. It is known as the parotid mitochondrioma because it is made of cells rich in mitochondria with granular cytoplasm. It is a rare entitypoorly documentedin the literature, and there are no pathognomonicsymptoms or imaging, which makes the diagnosis of this tumor challenging.Surgery is the maintreatment, and the diagnosis is confirmed by the histological study of the specimen.Through thisobservation, andin light of the literature, we will underline theanatomoclinicaland radiological peculiarities of this tumor, to induce clinicians to consider thishistologicaltype. |
