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PAROTID-GLAND-CANCER


originator: Clara
origination date: 08/05/2002
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 03/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAMALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-MAJOR-SALIVARY-GLANDS
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LIP-ORAL-CAVITY-AND-PHARYNX
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-MAJOR-SALIVARY-GLANDS
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
parotid gland cancerdefinition: rare cancer arising in the salivary glands. Symptoms may include the presence of a slowly growing lump in the cheek next to the ear. Occasionally there is a dull pain and facial nerve paralysis. CT scan, MRI and biopsy are used in the diagnosis. The primary treatment is surgery, which may be followed by radiation therapy or chemotherapy. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
cáncer de parótidaterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: cáncer atípico derivado de la glándula salivar. Los síntomas comprenden aparición de una verruga de crecimiento lentoen la mejilla a la altura de la oreja. A veces se manifiesta dolor leve o parálisis facial. En el diagnóstico se emplean TAC, RMN y biopsia. El tratamiento común es cirugía o radioterapia. (es)