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… ...

These include the systemic diseases sarcoidosis and Sjögren’s syndrome. Sarcoidosis can cause swelling of the parotid gland and sometimes facial-nerve palsy.

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 ...

The salivary glands are found in and around the mouth and throat. The major three are the parotid, submandibular and sublingual.

Parotid gland abscesses caused unusual facial nerve palsy in two patients, according to a case report published on July 30 in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. Only 15 other cases of ...

Leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor; and even rarer in the salivary gland. How was diagnosis ascertained in this case?

Some people form stones in their glands or in their duct of the gland and that would cause swelling and infection. How often do people get stones; is this a common problem?

Swelling of the parotid glands, with further rise of the urinary diastase, later developed in 2 cases. In the third case the swelling remained limited to the submaxillary glands.

Panicked at the recurrent swelling of the left submandibular gland, he consulted doctors at a Bhubaneswar-based hospital.

The salivary glands are found in and around the mouth and throat. The major three are the parotid, submandibular and sublingual. They all secrete saliva -- the parotid through tubes called ...