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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999;125:1166-1167.

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Dissecting the inferior division of the facial nerve and removing the inferior half of the superficial lobe is more than sufficient treatment for a 3-cm pleomorphic adenoma of the tail of the parotid gland. Although the classic superficial lobectomy is taught in our residency programs and recommended in our textbooks for a tumor as presented in the stated hypothesis, most experienced parotid surgeons I know terminate their resections when an adequate margin is obtained.

Figure appears in full text version. Christian Helmus, MD

The hypothesis deals specifically with a 3-cm pleomorphic adenoma confined to the tail of the parotid gland. In reality, such a diagnosis is never certain until the pathologist evaluates the resected specimen. While information from the patient's history and physical examination often provides a presumptive diagnosis, and a fine-needle aspiration biopsy is more than 90% diagnostic, the possibility of carcinoma always exists.

I wish that the hypothesis dealt with just a 3-cm mass . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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