Intraglandular parotid nodes

Looks like

Nodes buried within the substance of the parotid gland.

What it does

Filter lymph from the forehead, temple, ear and eyelids.

Keeping it well

Skin cancer of the face or scalp can spread here and then needs removal of part of the gland.

Related conditions

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