DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i05.004

Pages: 323–324

Basal cell adenoma (BCA) of the salivary gland is a rare neoplasm consists of a monomorphic population of basaloid epithelial cells, and it accounts for approximately 1–2 % of all salivary gland tumours. BCA appears most frequently in the parotid glands and in Adult. Clinically, BCA is usually a slow-growing, asymptomatic, and freely movable mass. Basal cell adenoma of the salivary glands is an uncommon type of monomorphous adenoma. Its most frequent location is the parotid gland. It usually appears as a firm and mobile slow-growing mass. It is also characterized by the presence of a slack and hyaline stroma and the absence of myxoid or chondroidstroma. In contrast to pleomorphic adenoma, it tends to be multiple and its recurrence rate after surgical excision is high. Due to prognostic implications, differential diagnosis with basal cell adenocarcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma and basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is mandatory. Here we present a case of basal cell adenoma of theright parotid gland.