Extended Metastatic Tumours to the Parotid Gland

The parotid gland’s unique characteristic among other glands is the presence of lymph nodes within the glandular tissue. This contributes greatly to the variety of the tumours that can be found here, by either primary malignancy arising in the parotid nodes or by the presence of lymphatic metastasis that exhibits the characteristics of the tissue of origin. The most common type of malignancy that can lead to lymph node metastasis with this location is represented by skin cancer in the territory of drainage, especially high-risk squamous cell carcinoma.