Basal Cell Tumors of the Parotid Gland

Abstract
• We present two patients with parotid tumors; one had a basal cell adenoma, and the other had a malignant tumor of uncommon morphologic features that was diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma. Both tumors showed morphologic similarities: peripheral, palisading, nests-like arrangements and organelle-poor cytoplasm. This suggests the same cell of origin. (Arch Otolaryngol 104:111-116, 1978)