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Maria Parham Health, formerly known as Maria Parham Hospital and the Maria Parham Medical Center, is a private, full-service regional hospital in Henderson, North Carolina that is part of Duke LifePoint. The historic 1925 building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] The current hospital is accredited. [2]
Little is known about the total incidence of salivary gland tumours as most benign tumours go unrecorded in national cancer registries. [3] The majority of salivary tumours are benign (65-70%). [4] Within the parotid gland 75 - 80% of tumours are benign. Around 50% of the tumours found in the submandibular glands are benign.
The most common causes of enlargement of the submandibular lymph nodes are infections of the head, neck, ears, eyes, nasal sinuses, pharynx, and scalp. [1] The lymph glands may be affected by metastatic spread of cancers of the oral cavity, anterior portion of the nasal cavity, soft tissues of the mid-face, and submandibular salivary gland. [1]
Novant Health, the nonprofit health care conglomerate with more than 800 locations in North Carolina and South Carolina, will open a new facility at 80 Peachtree Road, just south of Biltmore ...
Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is a chronic (long-lasting) inflammatory condition affecting the salivary gland.Relatively rare in occurrence, this condition is benign, but presents as hard, indurated and enlarged masses that are clinically indistinguishable from salivary gland neoplasms or tumors.
Feb. 5, 2024: WRAL reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the parent agency of NIOSH, told the media outlet that NC State’s general counsel withdrew the HHE request in January 2024.
Warthin's tumor, also known as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum, is a benign cystic tumor of the salivary glands containing abundant lymphocytes and germinal centers (lymph node-like stroma). It is named for pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin , who described two cases in 1929.
The pancreatic form of acinic cell carcinoma is a rare subtype of exocrine pancreatic cancer. Exocrine pancreatic cancers are the most common form of pancreatic cancer when compared to endocrine pancreatic cancer. [1] Acinic cell carcinomas arise most frequently in the parotid gland.