Exempel på parotid

• Infection is usually asymptomatic or is associated with localized clinical expression in the parotid and salivary glands.

• The three major ones are the paired parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands.

• Biopsies were prepared daily from the left parotid lymph node once it was found to be enlarged and until the death or the recovery.

• Following the completion of radiation therapy, the average unstimulated salivary f low was statistically greater in the pilocarpine group, whereas no difference was noted following parotid stimulation.

• Doctors, however, stated that studies had not linked parotid cancer with use of chewing tobacco.

• The anterior lobe of the buccal fat surrounds the parotid duct, which conveys saliva from the parotid gland to the mouth.

• Furthermore, the extratemporal (outside temporal bone) facial nerve and its subsidiaries run through the parotid gland and innervate (supply nerves to) the face.

• The majority of parotid gland tumors are benign, however 20% of parotid tumors are found to be malignant.

• A common cause is the result of trauma or damage of the nerve that passes through the parotid gland.

• They are found in the submandibular gland and the parotid gland.

• The parotid gland is narrow and secretes a toxin to protect it from predators.

• Examples of where it can be found include the parotid gland and submandibular gland.

• The parotid gland can also be damaged permanently by surgery or temporarily by trauma.

• Above, this fascia is attached to the lower border of the zygomatic arch, and behind, it invests the parotid gland.

• Examples of such tumours are facial neuromas, cholesteatomas, haemangiomas, acoustic neuromas, parotid gland neoplasms or metastases.