CASE REPORT article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Dentistry and Oromaxillofacial Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1636470
Case Report: Computed Tomography-Guided Diagnosis and Surgical Removal of Intraorbital Salivary Choristoma Confirmed with Cytology and Histopathology
Provisionally accepted
- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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A 10-year-old male castrated Golden Retriever was presented for evaluation of a two-year history of a slowly progressing intraorbital mass. Computed tomography showed a large, ovoid, fluid-filled structure that was not clearly associated with the salivary or lacrimal glands. Cytology was most consistent with a mildly inflamed salivary lesion. Surgical removal with biopsy showed that the mass was a cyst-like structure with multifocal serous salivary gland tissue. Histopathologic diagnosis combined with 3-dimensional imaging confirmation of an abnormal anatomic location is most consistent with salivary choristoma.
Keywords: Salivary, Choristoma, Heterotopic, computed tomography, Ectopic salivary gland tissue
Received: 27 May 2025; Accepted: 02 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Janny V Evenhuis, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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