Atheroma of the facial artery mimicking a parotid gland tumor: A case report.

INTRODUCTION

Atheroma of the facial artery is an extremely rare disease.

CLINICAL FINDINGS/PATIENT CONCERNS: Herein, we report an extremely rare case of an atheroma arising from the facial artery, mimicking a parotid gland tumor.

DIAGNOSES: The preoperative diagnosis was a right-sided parotid gland tumor.

INTERVENTIONS: We performed removal of the right parotid gland tumor, via a modified face-lift incision.

OUTCOMES: Histological examination of the specimen revealed an atheroma of the facial artery.

CONCLUSION

Clinicians should consider atheroma in the differential diagnosis of tumors arising around the parotid gland.