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Diagnostic difficulty increases when the lesion appears separated from the parotid gland and mimics a superficial postauricular cyst.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We report the case of a 49-year-old patient presenting with a painful left postauricular swelling associated with ipsilateral House-Brackmann grade III peripheral facial paralysis. Ultrasound and MRI suggested a well-circumscribed benign cystic lesion, interpreted as a remodeled epidermoid cyst, located in the retroparotid\/postauricular region. However, the clinical red flags prompted surgical management. Histopathological examination considered most compatible with a mucoepidermoid carcinoma involving the parotid\/posterior parotid region, with dermal extension. The patient subsequently underwent total parotidectomy and cervical lymph node dissection, followed by adjuvant radiotherapy after multidisciplinary tumor board discussion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This case highlights that any postauricular or parotid-region mass associated with facial nerve dysfunction should be considered malignant until proven otherwise, even when imaging suggests a benign cystic lesion. Radio-clinical discordance should prompt an oncologic diagnostic strategy and careful histopathological evaluation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/11795476261457178","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,30]],"date-time":"2026-05-30T16:44:41Z","timestamp":1780159481000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Parotid Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Radiologically Mimicking a Benign Postauricular Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Loubna","family":"Taali","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health (UM6SS"},{"name":")"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3801-1162","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abderrahim","family":"Bourial","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health (UM6SS"},{"name":")"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zineb","family":"Dahbi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health (UM6SS"},{"name":")"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Said","family":"Anajar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health (UM6SS"},{"name":")"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amal","family":"Hajjij","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health (UM6SS"},{"name":")"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_8_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11604-017-0678-z"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12105-022-01420-1"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5114\/pjr.2018.76278"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejro.2019.08.003"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/11795476241295723"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jormas.2020.06.003"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archotol.130.7.849"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amjoto.2005.11.013"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/20363613241242397"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2214\/ajr.176.6.1761577"},{"key":"e_1_3_8_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59020184"}],"container-title":["Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/11795476261457178","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/11795476261457178","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/11795476261457178","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,1]],"date-time":"2026-06-01T13:17:34Z","timestamp":1780319854000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/11795476261457178"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,5]]},"references-count":11,"alternative-id":["10.1177\/11795476261457178"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/11795476261457178","relation":{},"ISSN":["1179-5476","1179-5476"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1179-5476","type":"print"},{"value":"1179-5476","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,5]]},"article-number":"11795476261457178"}}