Abstract
We presented two cases of calcifying epithelioma in the parotid-masseteric region. One was a 59-year-old woman, and the other was a 38-year-old man. Both cases had been aware of persistent subcutaneous nodules in the region for about thirty years. The nodules were painless, well-defined, movable and firm.A clinical diagnosis of calcifying epithelioma was made and the tumors were enucleated. There was minimal adherence between the tumors and the surrounding tissues. The enucleated tumors measured 28 × 17 × 7 mm and 20 × 13 × 7 mm, respectively.Histopathologically, they were composed of distinctly bordered nests or masses of shadow cells which possessed a central unstained area due to nuclear loss. Few basophilic cells and large areas of calcification were observed. In part of the tumors, a little bone formation was also observed.The postoperative progress of the two patients is satisfactory without recurrence.
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