Metastatic Disease of Parotid Nodes


KEY FACTS

Terminology

  • Lymphangitic or hematogeneous tumor spread to intraglandular parotid lymph nodes

  • Parotid and periparotid nodes = 1st-order nodal station for skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCCa) and melanoma from scalp, auricle, and face ("forgotten nodal station")

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