image: The parasympathetic nerves of a developing salivary gland innervate the salivary gland epithelium which is essential for organogenesis. The image shows a single projection of a stack of ...

The parotid gland is the location of 80% of salivary gland tumors, and surgery here is called a parotidectomy. The parotid gland has two lobes, and the facial nerve runs between them.

THIS report summarizes the experience with tumors of salivary-gland origin observed at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1930 to 1941, inclusive, and at the Pondville State Cancer Hospital ...

The facial nerve passes directly through the parotid gland, which controls facial movement, expression, and taste sensation for two-thirds of the tongue. It also helps the tear glands produce tears.

Surgery to the minor salivary glands There are over 600 small salivary glands located throughout the lining of the mouth and throat. These are the minor salivary glands. The type of surgery you have ...

Sometimes physicians can use nerve-grafting procedures to help repair the nerve. To preserve the facial nerve, our physicians sometimes combine more limited surgery with neutron therapy, a powerful ...

Your facial nerve runs through your parotid gland. This nerve can become damaged during surgery, which can lead to weakened movements of the muscles on one side of your face.

Saliva production is controlled by nerve signals from the brain to the glands. Those nerves release chemicals that stick to the gland cells and tell them to release the proteins, water and other ...

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

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 ...