Malignant parotid tumor with sialadenitis - A diagnostic dilemma

Malignant parotid tumor associated with chronic sialadenitis is rare entity. These tumors mostly arise from epithelial component of chronic sialadenitis. Chronic sialadenitis of parotid with malignant epithelial tumor even rare compared to chronic sialadenitis of other salivary gland with malignant component. Case Report: This is a rare case report of 70 yrs old male who is chronic smoker with type 2 diabetes mellitus on treatment present with painless parotid mass, which had diagnostic difficulty for parotid mass and finally diagnosed as malignant epithelial tumor of parotid with chronic sialadenitis of parotid Keywords: Chronic sialadenitis, Malignant parotid tumor, Secondary deposit, Undifferentiated carcinoma, WHO