Intraparotid nodal metastases

Last revised by David Luong on 5 Feb 2022

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Luong D, Bell D, Intraparotid nodal metastases. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-96438

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-96438

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/96438

rID:

96438

Article created:

10 Jan 2022, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

5 Feb 2022, David Luong ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised David Luong had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck, Oncology

Synonyms:

Parotid nodal metastasis
Metastases to parotid nodes
Metastases to intra-parotid nodes
Parotid nodal metastases
Intra-parotid nodal metastasis
Parotid node metastases

Intraparotid nodal metastases refer to metastatic involvement of intraparotid lymph nodes from either a primary parotid tumour or an extraparotid tumour in the head and neck (e.g. nasopharyngeal carcinoma).

Pathology

Location

There may be a predilection towards the superficial lobe or tail region of the parotid ³.

Treatment and prognosis

the presence of intraparotid metastatic nodal involvement in those with a known head and neck skin squamous cell carcinoma might imply occult cervical nodal involvement ²
the presence of intraparotid metastatic nodal involvement in those with a known primary parotid cancer can be strongly associated with a worse disease-specific survival and a higher risk of locoregional recurrence⁴