2001 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 251-255
A 58-year old man complained of a massive painless swelling in the left parotid area. His chief complaint was the inconvenience caused by the large size of the lesion.
Aspiration was repeated many times before the final surgical operation. Surgical resection of the cyst was not easy because it was large, extending from below the buccal region into the superficial lobe of the parotid gland. The gross specimen measured 11 cm at its greatest diameter. Histological examination revealed it to be a retention cyst. This cyst was resected completely without complications, and presently there are no signs of recurrence.
