Nerve signals that help the parotid gland produce saliva start in the glossopharyngeal nerve. They pass through a small pathway (the tympanic and lesser petrosal nerves) until they reach a tiny ...

We present the rare case of a 44-year-old man with oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland with facial nerve invasion and discuss the characteristics of this rare entity.

Parotidectomy is the name of the surgery used to remove a benign or cancerous tumor in the parotid glands. This operation requires particular care and expertise on the part of your surgical team ...

The salivary glands are inspected and palpated for tumor size, consistency, and mobility relative to adjacent tissues. The neck is examined for enlarged lymph nodes. The function of the facial nerve ...

It can be theorized that the inflammatory process associated with sialadenitis secondarily involved the facial nerve as it passed ... all the major and minor salivary glands.

Methods: Three patients with unilateral symptoms of hyperlacrimation (diagnosed as “crocodile tearing”) and one patient with a submandibular salivary gland transplant (SMGT ... In post-facial nerve ...