Salivary gland infections affect the paired glands on either side of the face. These include the parotid glands in front of the ears, the submandibular glands under the chin, and the sublingual ...

Q. I have had swollen parotid glands since January of 1997. I’ve had MRIs and CT scans; they show only swollen glands. Biopsy was negative and more blood work then I can name also was negativ… ...

If you have symptoms of a salivary gland stone, your doctor will first check for stones with a physical exam. Sometimes tests may also be ordered, such as X-ray, CT scan, or ultrasound.

The mechanism of irradiation-induced hypofunction of the salivary glands is a process that is not fully understood. Here we examine the hypothesis that intracellular and redox-active ions of iron and ...

Sjögren’s syndrome is another common salivary gland disorder. It occurs when white blood cells target healthy cells in moisture-producing glands, such as the salivary, sweat, and oil glands.

Almost immediately after 131 I therapy transient swelling (Fig. 2) and pain with decreased salivary flow, usually bilateral and involving the parotid glands, have become a known problem. [1, 4, 5 ...

Tumors of Salivary-Gland Origin. The relative frequency of carcinoma and mixed tumors of the parotid and submaxillary salivary glands is unusually high in this series of cases as shown in Table 1.

Salivary Gland Cancer inBRCA-Positive Families. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2014; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1998 ...

Polymorphous adenocarcinoma: This type of cancer typically affects the minor salivary glands, especially in the soft palate. In rare cases, it may affect the parotid gland.

There are many kinds of cancer of the parotid gland, but judging from Yauch’s age and how quickly he became ill, it was likely a high-grade, aggressive form of the disease, said Dr. Gady Har-El ...