A parotid gland tumor is an abnormal mass or tumor on your parotid gland. Your parotid gland is the largest of your three salivary glands and is found just in front of each of your ears. Most parotid gland tumors are noncancerous (benign), but about 20% are malignant (cancerous).

2024年6月21日 · Learn about symptoms and diagnosis of parotid gland tumors. Find out how operations, such as parotidectomy, can treat parotid tumors and parotid cancers.

A painless swelling on one side of your face may indicate a mass or tumor on your parotid gland. Most parotid tumors are benign (not cancerous). The most common type, pleomorphic adenoma, is slow-growing and has a low chance of becoming malignant.

2025年1月28日 · Parotid gland tumors most commonly present as lumps in the preauricular region, over or behind the angle of the mandible. Perineural spread may result in ticks in the muscles of facial expression, neurogenic pain or weakness 1. Local invasion into nearby muscles of mastication (masseter, pterygoids) can result in trismus and pain 1,2.

2024年6月21日 · Most salivary gland tumors occur in the parotid gland. Of these, most aren't cancer. For every five parotid gland tumors, on average, only one is found to be cancerous. Treatment for salivary gland tumors is usually with surgery to remove the tumor. People with salivary gland cancers may need additional treatments.

2024年1月5日 · The parotid glands are the largest of the salivary glands. When a tumor forms in these glands, you may experience a lump in your cheek, jaw, or mouth that doesn’t go away and numbness or pain...

2023年5月19日 · The majority of salivary gland tumors occur in the parotid, about 10% occur in the submandibular gland, and less than 4% occur in the minor salivary glands. Most parotid gland tumors are benign, of which the most important is the pleomorphic adenoma.

Parotidectomy is surgery to remove all or part of a major salivary gland in your cheek called your parotid gland. You may need this surgery if a tumor forms in your parotid gland. Most tumors are benign (noncancerous), but they can be cancerous (malignant).

Most salivary gland tumors are benign and occur in the parotid glands. A painless salivary mass is the most common sign and is evaluated by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Imaging with CT and MRI can be helpful. For malignant tumors, treatment is with excision and radiation. Long-term results are related to the grade of the cancer.

2023年1月12日 · Salivary gland tumors are a rare group of complex, heterogeneous histologies located in the parotid gland, submandibular gland, sublingual gland, and minor salivary glands of the upper aerodigestive tract. This diverse group of malignant tumors has a wide range of etiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognosis.