Abstract
An 84-year-old female visited our clinic complaining of a right infraauricular mass which had been pointed out to her by her family. A CT scan showed an apparently well circumscribed mass within the right parotid gland, which was thus suspected to be a benign parotid tumor. Meanwhile, the tumor grew gradually, and both purpura and a blood blister appeared on the skin. Due to these findings, we thus suspected a malignant tumor. We therefore performed enucleation and thereafter made a final diagnosis of angiosarcoma. In addition, cervical lymph node metastasis was observed but no distant metastases were found. Local recurrence occurred postoperatively, which thereafter progressed all over the right side of the patient's face. Unfortunately, the patient died due to hemorrhaging and acute renal failure.
