Retromolar salivary gland tumor symptoms?

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Salivary gland tumors generally occur in the parotid gland, accounting for about 85%, there are submandibular gland and small glands, there are very few sublingual gland. Most of these tumors are benign, slow-growing, active, painless, mixed, and malignant. The treatment was surgical resection. When the resection is incomplete, the recurrence rate is high. Parotid gland is the largest pair of salivary glands in the human body. Most of them are located in front of the ears on both sides of the body, and a small part is located behind the ears. It has the function of facial nerve which controls the movement of facial muscles. Let's take a look at the following.

Retromolar salivary gland tumor symptoms?

First, salivary gland tumor is a malignant tumor that occurs in the salivary gland epithelium. Its etiology is not clear, but experts believe that the occurrence of salivary gland tumor is directly related to external factors, such as chronic injury, ultraviolet, X-ray and other radioactive substances, and some of them are also related to mental factors, endocrine factors, immune status and genetic factors.

Second: the diagnosis of salivary gland tumors can be made by microscopic examination. Microscopic examination can find that the tumor cells of salivary gland tumors have obvious atypia and different structures, showing solid mass or small cord like arrangement, tubular or adenoid structure arrangement, and glandular cavity formation. In general, the degree of malignancy is low, but the possibility of benign to malignant is not ruled out.

Third: salivary gland tumor is infiltrative growth, in the late can invade the skin, muscle, nerve, bone tissue, can cause tumor surface ulcer, pain and mouth opening difficulties and other symptoms. The general shape is round or oval, and the section is gray white. Malignant tumor of salivary gland is easy to invade blood vessel and lymphatic vessel wall, and has more blood and lymphatic metastasis.

matters needing attention

Salivary gland tumor occurs in the parotid gland, and the incidence of patients as small as the newborn, generally in 40 years old people are more, so should cause considerable attention, in general, the growth is relatively slow, if the growth speed up, hardness increase, cause facial paralysis patients, should be timely surgery.