Deep parotid nodes

Looks like

Nodes lying inside and beneath the parotid gland, in front of and below the ear.

What it does

Filter lymph from the temple, ear, eyelids, nose and the gland itself.

Keeping it well

Skin cancers of the scalp, ear and face spread here; a new lump in front of or below the ear should be checked.

Its parts

• Infra-auricular nodes
• Intraglandular parotid nodes
• Pre-auricular nodes

Related conditions

• African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
• Cat-scratch disease
• Head and neck cancer
• Mpox (monkeypox)
• Rubella (German measles)
• Thyroid cancer
• Tonsillitis & quinsy