Bilateral Parotid Involvement as the Solitary Metastatic Site from Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

We report an asymptomatic metastasis from the lung cancer to the intra-parotid lymph node which was detected by the FDG PET scan and subsequently confirmed by fine needle aspiration cytology. The case is unique as solitary metastatic involvement of the parotid from non-head and neck tumors are extremely rare and thus, may be missed during staging evaluation.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research