<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">Myoepithelioma is a benign tumor of the salivary gland that </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span>mainly affects</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"> the parotid gland. The presence of an accessory parotid gland is an anatomical variation and neoplasms in this structure are extremely rare. This paper describes a case of a myoepithelioma arising in the accessory parotid gland of a 29-year-old woman. To the author´s knowledge this is the seventh case reported in English. The patient´s complaint was </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span>about</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"> a five year growing mass in the left cheek with a sudden growth outbreak. The patient underwent surgery via an intra-oral approach and the histopathology and the immunohistochemistry disclosed a myoepithelioma.</span></span></span></p>
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