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Is it possible for a tumor that in the parotid gland to gett bigger nd then smaller?

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Prob not a tumor: Is probably a stone that forms and passes and it will swell and shrink as the stone forms prior to passing.

Answered 12/9/2020

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Dr. William Culviner answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Parotid tumor : It is possible for a tumor of the parotid gland to fluctuate in size. Reasons for this include a tumor that obstructs a duct causing a build up of saliva or hemorrhage(bleeding) into the tumor. Inflammation of or around the tumor could cause changes in size.

Answered 5/4/2018

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