LeBron James reflects on his 2009 health scare, revealing how a tumor near his ear left him anxious and forced him into ...

The parotid glands are located in each cheek over the ... bodily functions from transporting water in the body to supporting ...

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 ...

Suzy Spence was diagnosed with a tumour in her salivary gland and the surgery could have caused facial paralysis.

and damage to surrounding nerves. The UAB Department of Otolaryngology is one of the few institutions in the US to offer minimally-invasive procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of salivary gland ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

and salivary gland (18 patients) skull-base malignancies. Thirty nine patients required facial nerve resection. Most patients received preoperative and postoperative radiation therapy with or ...