Case Report
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World J Clin Oncol. Feb 10, 2017; 8(1): 86-90
Published online Feb 10, 2017. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v8.i1.86
Intermittent facial spasms as the presenting sign of a recurrent pleomorphic adenoma
Rosalie A Machado, Sami P Moubayed, Azita Khorsandi, Juan C Hernandez-Prera, Mark L Urken
Rosalie A Machado, Sami P Moubayed, Mark L Urken, Thyroid, Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, New York, NY 10003, United States
Rosalie A Machado, Sami P Moubayed, Mark L Urken, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY 10003, United States
Azita Khorsandi, Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY 10003, United States
Juan C Hernandez-Prera, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY 10003, United States
Author contributions: Urken ML designed the report; Machado RA, Moubayed SP, Khorsandi A and Hernandez-Prera JC wrote the manuscript; Urken ML made final edits to the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board standards at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York.
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Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflict of interests to declare.
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Correspondence to: Rosalie A Machado, Research Associate, Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, 10 Union Square E, New York, NY 10003, United States. rmachado@thancfoundation.org
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Received: October 27, 2016
Peer-review started: October 28, 2016
First decision: December 1, 2016
Revised: December 17, 2016
Accepted: January 2, 2017
Article in press: January 3, 2017
Published online: February 10, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: This report represents the first case of hemifacial spasm associated with transformation of a recurrent pleomorphic adenoma into a carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma. The causation of hemifacial spasms is discussed.