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.
