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case_images: Mass of the left parotid lodge
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case_images: Examination showed a 5 cm painless, elastic left parotid mass, adherent to the skin and deeper layers, with mild inflammation of the overlying skin but without fistula or facial paralysis (Figure 1).
case_images: MRI: Heterogeneous mass of the left parotid lodge
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case_images: The MRI showed a 4.6 cm, irregular and heterogeneous tumoral process of the deep lobe of the left parotid gland with a T1 hyposignal and a T2 hypersignal, and heterogeneous enhancement after gadolinium injection (Figure 2).
case_images: Peroperative image: necrotic parotid tissue
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case_images: In preoperative, parotid tissue appeared necrotic and purulent by places (Figure 3).