Rare case of parotid rhabdomyosarcoma

Sarcomas comprise only 0.6% of all cancers throughout the body and account for only 1.5% of all salivary gland tumors. The existence of these tumors has been debatable with some investigators stating that such lesions represent extensions of soft tissue sarcomas into the gland. In young patients, these tumors occur more often than the more common parenchymal tumors or the conventional soft tissue sarcomas. We are hereby presenting a case of a 5 year old male child presenting with a large parotid mass which was diagnosed as parotid rhabdomyosarcoma.